Comments on: Gizmodo’s bad journalism http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/ Gaming, Technology, Social Media, and Fun Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:42:00 -0400 hourly 1 By: Bwana http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Bwana Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:09:44 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-708 Exactly the same as before. This new information doesn't change what Gizmodo did before. Go troll somewhere else. Exactly the same as before. This new information doesn’t change what Gizmodo did before. Go troll somewhere else.

]]> By: Bwana http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61459 Bwana Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-61459 Exactly the same as before. This new information doesn't change what Gizmodo did before. Go troll somewhere else. Exactly the same as before. This new information doesn’t change what Gizmodo did before. Go troll somewhere else.

]]> By: Tom http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Tom Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:45:17 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-386 Get a life you nerds. A little mistake and you feel the need to write a whole essay on it. Dork. Get a life you nerds. A little mistake and you feel the need to write a whole essay on it. Dork.

]]> By: Tom http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61458 Tom Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-61458 Get a life you nerds. A little mistake and you feel the need to write a whole essay on it. Dork. Get a life you nerds. A little mistake and you feel the need to write a whole essay on it. Dork.

]]> By: ppinette http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-384 ppinette Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:57:57 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-384 BigReg, I apologize, at the time of writing I was reading several different articles on this story and their respective comments, and must have attributed someone else's comments to you. Reading over what you wrote now, I see no assumptions. In any case, I don't blame Apple for wanting to cover this up. If they can determine the cause of the problem, they could possibly anticipate whether to expect widespread cases. Wanting to keep it quiet in the meantime seems obvious. And you're right, they should have tossed him an iPod for agreeing to take down the photos. BigReg, I apologize, at the time of writing I was reading several different articles on this story and their respective comments, and must have attributed someone else’s comments to you. Reading over what you wrote now, I see no assumptions.

In any case, I don’t blame Apple for wanting to cover this up. If they can determine the cause of the problem, they could possibly anticipate whether to expect widespread cases. Wanting to keep it quiet in the meantime seems obvious.

And you’re right, they should have tossed him an iPod for agreeing to take down the photos.

]]> By: ppinette http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61457 ppinette Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-61457 BigReg, I apologize, at the time of writing I was reading several different articles on this story and their respective comments, and must have attributed someone else's comments to you. Reading over what you wrote now, I see no assumptions. In any case, I don't blame Apple for wanting to cover this up. If they can determine the cause of the problem, they could possibly anticipate whether to expect widespread cases. Wanting to keep it quiet in the meantime seems obvious. And you're right, they should have tossed him an iPod for agreeing to take down the photos. BigReg, I apologize, at the time of writing I was reading several different articles on this story and their respective comments, and must have attributed someone else’s comments to you. Reading over what you wrote now, I see no assumptions.

In any case, I don’t blame Apple for wanting to cover this up. If they can determine the cause of the problem, they could possibly anticipate whether to expect widespread cases. Wanting to keep it quiet in the meantime seems obvious.

And you’re right, they should have tossed him an iPod for agreeing to take down the photos.

]]> By: Bwana http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Bwana Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:50:20 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-383 <i>Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold?</i> When you become as big as Gizmodo, and Wired (where Gizmodo got the story from), your responsibility goes up. You have massive influence, and what you say people will take to heart. Is this the way things should be? Who knows. But it's how it is on the internet. Techcrunch just ran an article on "<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Techcrunch?m=702" rel="nofollow">The Power of Digg</a>" [digg.com] and how it's massive influence could possibly be <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2006/03/digg_argues_it.html">used to drive stock prices up and down</a>. My point is that misinformation at these type of outlets could be as damaging (or even more damaging) than it being on MSNBC.com or CNN.com. <i>It’s amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue.</i> Sensationalism tends to do that. Had they reported it for what it was, we wouldn't be having this discussion. But I digress, Gizmodo has apologized for their mistake and everything's gravy. I'm going to wait on Apple's findings on this issue because it's not something I want to ignore. Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold?

When you become as big as Gizmodo, and Wired (where Gizmodo got the story from), your responsibility goes up. You have massive influence, and what you say people will take to heart. Is this the way things should be? Who knows. But it’s how it is on the internet. Techcrunch just ran an article on “The Power of Digg” [digg.com] and how it’s massive influence could possibly be used to drive stock prices up and down. My point is that misinformation at these type of outlets could be as damaging (or even more damaging) than it being on MSNBC.com or CNN.com.

It’s amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue.

Sensationalism tends to do that. Had they reported it for what it was, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

But I digress, Gizmodo has apologized for their mistake and everything’s gravy. I’m going to wait on Apple’s findings on this issue because it’s not something I want to ignore.

]]> By: Bwana http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61456 Bwana Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:50:00 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-61456 <i>Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold?</i> When you become as big as Gizmodo, and Wired (where Gizmodo got the story from), your responsibility goes up. You have massive influence, and what you say people will take to heart. Is this the way things should be? Who knows. But it's how it is on the internet. Techcrunch just ran an article on "<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Techcrunch?m=702" rel="nofollow">The Power of Digg</a>" [digg.com] and how it's massive influence could possibly be <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2006/03/digg_argues_it.html" rel="nofollow">used to drive stock prices up and down</a>. My point is that misinformation at these type of outlets could be as damaging (or even more damaging) than it being on MSNBC.com or CNN.com. <i>It’s amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue.</i> Sensationalism tends to do that. Had they reported it for what it was, we wouldn't be having this discussion. But I digress, Gizmodo has apologized for their mistake and everything's gravy. I'm going to wait on Apple's findings on this issue because it's not something I want to ignore. Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold?

When you become as big as Gizmodo, and Wired (where Gizmodo got the story from), your responsibility goes up. You have massive influence, and what you say people will take to heart. Is this the way things should be? Who knows. But it’s how it is on the internet. Techcrunch just ran an article on “The Power of Digg” [digg.com] and how it’s massive influence could possibly be used to drive stock prices up and down. My point is that misinformation at these type of outlets could be as damaging (or even more damaging) than it being on MSNBC.com or CNN.com.

It’s amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue.

Sensationalism tends to do that. Had they reported it for what it was, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

But I digress, Gizmodo has apologized for their mistake and everything’s gravy. I’m going to wait on Apple’s findings on this issue because it’s not something I want to ignore.

]]> By: MacBook Magnetic MagSafe Connector Not So Safe After All - Gizmodo http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-382 MacBook Magnetic MagSafe Connector Not So Safe After All - Gizmodo Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:20:09 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-382 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Update: A couple people have called us out on this post, saying it is, at best, overwrought. You’re totally right. Please accept my apologies. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Update: A couple people have called us out on this post, saying it is, at best, overwrought. You’re totally right. Please accept my apologies. [...]

]]> By: Jereme http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Jereme Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:02:07 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-381 Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold? Gizmodo jumped the gun, but they've corrected their article. However, in the end they are just a gadget blog, not a reputable news source. It's amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue. Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold? Gizmodo jumped the gun, but they’ve corrected their article. However, in the end they are just a gadget blog, not a reputable news source.

It’s amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue.

]]> By: Jereme http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61455 Jereme Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:02:00 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-61455 Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold? Gizmodo jumped the gun, but they've corrected their article. However, in the end they are just a gadget blog, not a reputable news source. It's amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue. Since when to bloggers have a reputation of sensible journalism to uphold? Gizmodo jumped the gun, but they’ve corrected their article. However, in the end they are just a gadget blog, not a reputable news source.

It’s amazing how defensive everybody is being about this stupid isolated issue.

]]> By: Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:17:20 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-379 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Update: A couple people have called us out on this post, saying it is, at best, overwrought. You’re totally right. Please accept my apologies. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Update: A couple people have called us out on this post, saying it is, at best, overwrought. You’re totally right. Please accept my apologies. [...]

]]> By: Gizmodo http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Gizmodo Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:04:16 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-378 <strong>MacBook Magnetic MagSafe Connector Not So Safe After All...</strong> Apple's magnetic Mag"Safe" connector on its Intel-based MacBook must be inappropriately named. How safe is a connector that bursts into flames with no provocation? This happened to a MacBook belonging to Rogier Mulder, who took pictures of the conn... MacBook Magnetic MagSafe Connector Not So Safe After All…

Apple’s magnetic Mag”Safe” connector on its Intel-based MacBook must be inappropriately named. How safe is a connector that bursts into flames with no provocation? This happened to a MacBook belonging to Rogier Mulder, who took pictures of the conn…

]]> By: ppinette http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-377 ppinette Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:35:08 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-377 Of course they didn't want those pictures out there. Why would they? Seems to me this is the first reported problem of this nature, and there were forces involved beyond Apple's control (cats). So why would they want these pictures available to people like BigReg or blogs like Gizmodo, where assumptions will be made, and rumours started? Of course they didn’t want those pictures out there. Why would they? Seems to me this is the first reported problem of this nature, and there were forces involved beyond Apple’s control (cats). So why would they want these pictures available to people like BigReg or blogs like Gizmodo, where assumptions will be made, and rumours started?

]]> By: ppinette http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-61454 ppinette Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.bwana.org/2006/03/17/gizmodos-bad-journalism/#comment-61454 Of course they didn't want those pictures out there. Why would they? Seems to me this is the first reported problem of this nature, and there were forces involved beyond Apple's control (cats). So why would they want these pictures available to people like BigReg or blogs like Gizmodo, where assumptions will be made, and rumours started? Of course they didn’t want those pictures out there. Why would they? Seems to me this is the first reported problem of this nature, and there were forces involved beyond Apple’s control (cats). So why would they want these pictures available to people like BigReg or blogs like Gizmodo, where assumptions will be made, and rumours started?

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