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I've noticed that the quality of Ars' work has been getting worse as they've widened their coverage. Much of it now seems to be either simply regurgitated PR ga

by jfb 14y ago

I've noticed that the quality of Ars' work has been getting worse as they've widened their coverage. Much of it now seems to be either simply regurgitated PR garbage, or the lightest rewrite of PR garbage, with a sprinkling of "some people like cake; others, pie. You decide!" sort of non-journalism on top. It's a shame, because they have had excellent writers in the past.

illuminate 14y ago
It's somewhat interesting, I've noticed that around the last 6 months or so, I'm not sure what changed. I first noticed all the tabloidy Xbox rumor-mongering based on "leaks". Ars was the best around, they don't need to emulate the Gawker network, even though those threads surely get more pagehits and comments.