The Verge hires CNET reporter who quit
Greg Sandoval, the CNET senior writer who resigned in protest when the site’s parent company, CBS, interfered with its editorial coverage last month, has been hired by The Verge, the Web site that first revealed the full extent of CBS’s involvement. Brian Stelter of The New York Times writes, “Mr. Sandoval will be a senior […]
Consumer Electronics Association cuts ties with CNET
The Consumer Electronics Association cut its ties with CNET on Thursday, two weeks after CNET’s parent company, the CBS Corporation, prohibited the website’s editors from giving an award to an innovative product it deemed illegal. Brian Stelter of The New York Times writes, “The association’s announcement was a stern rebuke to CNET, a longtime partner […]
How CBS abandoned objectivity with CNET
Gary Shapiro, the CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, takes aim at CBS Corp.’s lack of objectivity in dealing with the recent decision to prevent its subsidiary, tech news site CNET, from writing about Dish and its products due to litigation with the company. Shapiro writes, “First, it destroys two reputations in a single action. […]
Arrington: Why haven’t more CNET journalists quit?
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch wants to know why more journalists haven’t quit tech news site CNET in the wake of parent company CBS Corp. decreeing it couldn’t give an award to a company that CBS was litigating. Arrington writes, “What I don’t get is why CNET staffers have stuck around. They’re the ones who are […]
CBS puts CNET in another unethical situation
Tim Carmody of The Verge writes that tech news site CNET is once again in ethical hot water because of its parent CBS Corp. Carmody writes that CNET’s story about live-TV startup Aereo is primarily a story about CBS’s lawsuit against Aereo instead of a product review. Carmody writes, “CNET’s news story on Aereo, written […]
When business trumps biz journalism integrity
Rem Rieder, the editor of American Journalism Review, writes for USA Today about why the integrity of CNET’s technology journalists has been brought into question because of parent company CBS Corp.’s intervention in its awards. Rieder writes, “Turrentine and her staff had been placed in a terrible situation by the CBS honchos. Not only was […]
What does CNET scandal mean for tech press?
Rebecca Greenfield of The Atlantic’s Wire writes about what the CNET ethics scandal last week means for technology news coverage in the wake of a CNET editor’s less-than-convincing story about her involvement. Greenfield writes, “Turrentine went on to say that if she had to face this ‘dilemma’ again, she would not quit. Meaning, if this […]
CNET editor on why she’s not quitting
Lindsey Turrentine, the editor of CNET Reviews, writes about why she is not quitting the tech news site in the wake of it being forced by parent CBS Corp. to withdraw an award from The Dish because of litigation between the two companies. Turrentine writes, “We were in an impossible situation as journalists. The conflict […]
CNET staff were forced to re-vote on awards
Joshua Topolsky of The Verge writes about the growing controversy at CNET, where its journalists were forced to re-vote for an award after originally picking The Dish’s Hopper because CNET’s parent company, CBS Corp., is in litigation with The Dish. Topolsky writes, “Apparently, executives at CBS learned that the Hopper would win ‘Best of Show’ […]
CNET writer resigns after ethics flap with parent company
Greg Sandoval, a senior writer at tech news site CNET, has resigned, saying he doesn’t have faith in parent company CBS Corp. In a Twitter message, Sandoval wrote, “Sad to report that I’ve resigned from CNET. I no longer have confidence that CBS is committed to editorial independence.” Last week, CBS required CNET to drop […]
