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What, specifically, is wrong with this article? That’s the important question for me. I don’t care about reading tea leaves. Siegler likes to write about Apple?

• kenjackson 16y ago
  * will not attack anything someone says just because I think they frequently say stupid stuff.* That's where we differ. I don't attack Siegler as a person. I don't have any reason to believe isn't a great guy. But I do think his writing shows a very strong bias. It seems like your broader point is that its just tech writing -- who cares? And I generally agree. I certainly don't lose any sleep over it, but I do think it is fair game to comment on in the spirit of commenting on things that generally don't matter that much. Do you really believe he should cover Microsoft and Apple equally? Yes. Or at least cover them fairly. But I don't expect that he will. And he probably gets paid not to. He's the Sean Hannity of tech journalism. Everyone knows what he's going to say, and that it will be a trainwreck, but you tune in anyways -- because its a trainwreck. Good work if you can find it.
  • ugh 16y ago
    Well, Apple writers write mostly about Apple and that is exactly what Siegler does. I don’t think he knows very much about Microsoft so it’s probably a good idea of him to not write about them all that much ;-)
• brudgers 16y ago
  >"Do you really believe he should cover Microsoft and Apple equally?" Of course not. But he's not a beat reporter. He editorializes his reporting to promote Apple as he did in this case - which is what makes it typical Siegler. How is one to hold your position to be genuine when despite your saying that this article is an exception to his typical bias towards Apple, you have defended the objectivity of every other piece of Siegler's writing mentioned?
  • ugh 16y ago
    Because saying that Apple’s Q1 results were “insane” is not actually insane. I won’t defend every single piece but I will defend that particular headline and the linked article. I won’t go hunting for pieces I disagree with because I usually don’t read anything by Siegler. He often is a biased hack, you know. But not in this particular piece and not as far as the headline of Siegler’s article on Apple’s Q1 results is concerned. How could saying that Apple’s Q1 results were “insane” ever be considered biased? Just look at those results! They were insane in every way!