Topic 'CBS owns CNET?' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/CBS-owns-CNET-27901508 en Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:56 EDT Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:56 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27909181 said by tc1uscg:

Agreed. They are the online form of consumer reports. They use to be the goto people for tech reviews but now, I get better intel from Amazon or ebay. :huh:

CNET was my go to place for info. Then especially when the new site hit, it was very apparent that there was something strange going on at the CircleK. I too find that I get more usable information from Amazon and eBay customer reviews. Looks like a good portion of these forums are becoming very skewed. Too bad.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27909181 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:56:33 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27908852 said by FarmerBob:

said by cableties:

Well, CNET just lost credibility with me. . . .

CNET lost its credibility a long time ago. When reviews, subject matter and product articles started to become clearly "selective and biased". And reader comments started to point this out en masse. So when Clayton said that he looked forward to CNET's "Unbiased" review, I just had to laugh at either his complete ignorance/naivete or his blatant schmoozing. All he was looking for was best of show in a forum that has enough sheeple to add to his bottom line.

Agreed. They are the online form of consumer reports. They use to be the goto people for tech reviews but now, I get better intel from Amazon or ebay. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27908852 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:55:14 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27907111 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27907111 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:02:10 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27903172
because you could not have advertising without pressure from the advertisers to give their stuff a positive review. It is why most gaming publications are crap(print and internet), They do not want to lose the ad dollars so they do not piss in any pools even if a game is so terrible it makes ET on Atari look like Final Fantasy 6(aka 3 on the SNES).
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27903172 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:05:51 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27903063 said by cableties:

Well, CNET just lost credibility with me. . . .

CNET lost its credibility a long time ago. When reviews, subject matter and product articles started to become clearly "selective and biased". And reader comments started to point this out en masse. So when Clayton said that he looked forward to CNET's "Unbiased" review, I just had to laugh at either his complete ignorance/naivete or his blatant schmoozing. All he was looking for was best of show in a forum that has enough sheeple to add to his bottom line.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27903063 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:41:25 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27902275 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27902275 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:44:24 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27901597
Regardless of the merits in this case it dramatically exposes the dangers of media consolidation on society. Rather then having a huge number of different sources, each with their own strength, weaknesses, and biases we have a few mega corporations pulling the strings.

/tom ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27901597 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:53:29 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27901584 said by cableties:

Well, CNET just lost credibility with me.

"Dear Felicia Dey,
I loved you. But when I found that your shows are being plugged by CNET, owned by CBS, I no longer feel the same inside."

Agreed. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27901584 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:50:30 EDT Re: CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27901546 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-CBS-owns-CNET-27901546 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:40:33 EDT CBS owns CNET? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/CBS-owns-CNET-27901508
"Dear Felicia Dey,
I loved you. But when I found that your shows are being plugged by CNET, owned by CBS, I no longer feel the same inside."
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