pretty obvious what's going on here said by Karl Bode:Even when not financially conflicted, I would guarantee you that the people in this thread concerned with "bias", were I to take a press release verbatim from a company website and post it as news without identifying it as PR, would have absolutely no problem with that information. Like these:
said by dec15 :
ISPs want to ensure solid customer experience with performance and regular speed increases. Prices for broadband have remained constant while performance and speeds have steadily increased year over year. The major complaints around ISP actions are from a extremely small fraction of very vocal users that feel they are entitled to unrealistic unlimited speed and unlimited usage which do not combine together with any service. said by dec15 :
Does this include the steady speed upgrades given over the years without real increase in broadband pricing and the increased competition and new technology between the telcos (FTTH) and cable (DOCSIS3)? said by dec15 :
It is the entitled few that purchase 6M and download 100's of DVDs, Blueray and more content than they can possibly consume and then share it with millions of people that they do not even know. 3 unsubstantiated talking points, presented as fact.
said by Karl Bode:Crying "bias" is an easy way of disregarding an argument without having to think or make actual points -- and you'll notice almost always, those who complain about bias never have specific factual corrections to make....just vague, nebulous claims of unfairness....or in this case other nonsense claims, like I'm "perpetuating hate." That's because the goal isn't accurate discourse, the goal is to censor discourse they don't agree with. To eliminate positions that challenge their world view. So I see:
said by Dec15 :Actually, I think pundit analysis is the wrong thing that has been added to many forms of media over the years preventing people from thinking for themselves. Try analyzing things yourself and coming to your own conclusions. Op/Ed should be limited and we as consumers of information should be sending that message. said by dec15 :
Historically "Snake-Oil salesmen" did not get media time so it was not really an issue. Just reporting the facts around Snake-Oil would also get the message across without the heavy handed commentary of today's pundits. The strongest weapon a pundit has is to use their forum to deamonize their adversary.
The problem lies when a reporter has strong personal or religious beliefs and tunes the language towards that being "the truth". If you try and re-read this story (and how it has been re-edited today) it is pretty clear.
There is obvious anti-cable/telco in news posted at DSLR. That is unfortunate as perpetuating hate does not make things better.
Limit Op/Ed and let the readers decide.
Presenting pro-industry opinion as fact, and any documented information and opinion to the contrary as hate, commentary, and bias.
said by Karl Bode:The ultimate irony is we never claimed to be objective. This is a pro-consumer website. Hooray for that. 
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