Do you consider people who write for MacRumors to be journalists or bloggers? There are typically differences between the two occupations, just as there are many differences between a traditional news medium (such as a newspaper) and a blog. Blogging is relatively new, and as of now there are no universal standards in place. Given enough time, that will probably change...
First of all I have no idea how you concluded that MR is a 'blog' website? As far as I know MR hasn't posted a single 'blog' post ever nor there is a button / link anywhere on the site that reads 'blog'... (apart from the iPhone tab in the main menu which might be something like a blog - perhaps... sorry but i never look at it)
So what MR is it then? Lets find out...
If you load the main page and look at the top of your browser window or indeed if you Google 'mac rumors' - this is what you will find:
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=mac+rumors&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=e9b8dbb9ae9bb1b5
Title reads:
Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About
Description reads:
Apple news and rumors with user contribution and commentary.
So this is clearly not a blog but
news and rumors website...
Any radio station, newspaper, tv channel or indeed a website that reports and deals with
news comes under umbrella of journalism...
And every journalist, as said in previous post, has moral and ethical obligation to report as objectively as possible - something MR is clearly not doing...
Hence this very thread and finger pointing at editorial...
I don't know, perhaps they should re-brand themselves into: Mac Rumors: Apple's propaganda machine that you shouldn't care about... Perhaps. At least that way we wouldn't need to waste our time on such threads since we would all know what it is all about...
darkplanets said:
I hate to rain on your parade, but news media is by its very nature fundamentally biased. This is a fact of life; some bias will always creep into an article, regardless of how one tries. Something is always left out, omitted, or ignored, usually for a large range of reasons and explanations stemming from personal experience and belief to convenience and practicality.
Sure thing... It is virtually impossible to be 100% unbiased - even when it comes down to independent media and specially when it comes down to large (news)corporations which indeed serve as propaganda engines for certain classes in our society...
Problem here is that MR, according to WildCowboy, is not receiving any cheques from Apple and as far as I know it isn't under any corporate ownership which means it is really 100% independent and as such, at least in theory, should be miles more unbiased and objective than it really is...
darkplanets said:
It's not practical to list all of the arguments and counterarguments, especially on a blogging site, and therefore you shouldn't expect opposing views. No news media really does this, as it takes up too much time and ends up leaving the viewer to question the truth themselves, which is counter-intuitive considering what the concept of "news" is based upon; it's not supposed to prompt further research and discovery into sometimes mundane and tangentially related topics.
Nobody here asked them to list all of the arguments and show all of the videos and cover every single thing that's out there... But, if they can perpetually post negative articles in regards to Flash why not look around internet and report objectively by providing some links / videos of positive reviews - trust me there are LOADS of them out there!
In regards to this what you wrote, quote: "
...No news media really does this, as it takes up too much time and ends up leaving the viewer to question the truth themselves, which is counter-intuitive considering what the concept of "news" is based upon..."
LOL man! This is EXACTLY what I am talking about hence the title of this very thread! I know that we all live in the world where lies and propaganda is pushed down our throats - but that doesn't mean that every single channel of information (including MR) needs to follow the norm... Specially if they are suppose to be independent and are not receiving any direct or indirect payment from one or the other source 'from above'
Now, the funniest thing of all in regards to all this is that MR is being biased not for our own benefit but against our own interests!
Don't forget that we are talking about
optional browser plug-in over here which right now, today, runs rather well on competitors devices!
Optional means - that all who don't like it or don't need it can keep on staring at blue lego boxes as much and as long as they wish while others can indeed install it and enjoy rest of the net we have been
intentionally cut short of...
This is effectively being biased against the feature that would make Apple's own devices more attractive and capable and which would give, to fair few of us, full instead of crippled net!
How can you possibly be independent, not receive any cheques or payment and be biased against your own (and your readers) interests is beyond me... Perhaps if Arn comes to this thread he can through some light onto this rather peculiar mystery...
If this is really the place that servers us with 'news and rumors we care about' then it must start to be way more objective - and not only that - but it also must start to 'fight' for our own interests... (by obviously reporting certain facts and truths and asking some serious questions - never forget that pen is mightier than the sword!)
For the end, here is yet another 'reality check' link:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/android-22-and-flash-101-review-froyo-gets-real-flashy-49305746/
Some quotes:
"The full Web version of BBC iPlayer has already been tweaked to work with Flash 10 on Android. Even though the pre-production phone we tested didn't have hardware acceleration working, video was still much smoother than when using Flash Lite and very watchable."
"Even sites that haven't been optimised for Flash 10, such as CNET UK, worked very well in our tests. The play and pause buttons worked reliably and the movie streamed quickly and reasonably smoothly while embedded on the page. Navigation elements on the page worked perfectly too."
"We also checked out some Flash games on Kongregate, which has whipped up a mobile site specifically for Flash 10, and we were impressed with how responsive they were."
"Ecodazoo, a Web site for kids that uses 3D animation made with Papervision3D, is heavy going even on a desktop. Flash 10 let us navigate around by touching the image and it rendered beautifully."
