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In praise of bias in tech reporting
July 19, 2008
Matt Asay of CNET writes Saturday that he prefers his business and technology reporters disclose their bias when they write.
“Bias isn’t the problem. Lack of disclosure of the bias is the problem.
“This is what makes Walt Mossberg’s Personal Technology column for the Wall Street Journal so great. Anyone that reads it regularly knows that Mossberg is heavily biased. He doesn’t try to hide it. In fact, unique among technology writers, he actually discloses his bias:
“Bravo! Now, this would be even better if he spelled out that he generally prefers Apple to Microsoft, etc., but at least he’s making a start. The point is that regular readers know where he stands on issues, and it is precisely when we see his opinion on a product diverge from that bias that the article becomes newsworthy, rather than just confirmatory of the established order of things.”
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