Mary-Jo Foley, a tech reporter who writes a Microsoft blog for ZDNet, talks about how a tech reporter covers a company in light of the issues between Apple and the reporters who have been focused on the health of its CEO.
Later, she adds, “There are definitely Microsoft fanboys (and girls) who report and blog about the company. But reporters clapping at a Microsoft press conference? Maybe. Somewhere. But I hear/see a lot more jeers than cheers in the Microsoft press rooms and events where I’ve been present than I noticed the couple of times I’ve been at an Apple event….
“It is possible to hate the businesses/people/products that you cover. Some might claim that kind of attitude might mean you’re less at risk of being snowed. But hatred isn’t the equivalent of fair. I’ve tried to walk the line over the years of criticizing Microsoft when I felt it was engaging in behaviors that hurt customers and partners, but acknowledging when the company did the right thing — a behavior some readers never want to hear/read/believe in which Microsoft can engage.”
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