Not everyone has seen the articles you have and without implicit examples there isn't much to work with in discussion. What even qualifies as a negative article? I just have to wonder why this wasn't just a simple question asked in the official nintendo thread though increasing threads and entertaining topics I expected more substance when I read the topic of discussion. Essentially I bring up a request for examples because from my viewpoint the Wii U isn't receiving any more hate from the media than anyone else and that many articles are reasonable concerns about the system.

Chark
Well you just said the Vita is getting more hate
from my experience on different forums and professional webs this is false, actually its completely the oposite
the WiiU is getting doom and gloom articles from day one from every nonNintendo site
that didnt happen with the Vita, not at all
im not going to spend hours searching for the links to articles and forums......:P

Media mainstream... For some people nintendo is like that sweater grandma gives you every December... If I am home alone I would not use anything else, but in public no way I am wearing that outdated, kiddy thing...

This isn't a thread about Vita hate, but Wii U hate not making any sense but then molding into the media putting out more hate articles about it than other platforms. It's fine if you or others don't want to find the articles, but why is there a thread for this then? It is near impossible to objectively debate a point without understanding the context or evidence on the other side. I don't think the Wii U hate is that bad, so I want to try to flesh it out but there is nothing to work with. Is this thread only for people to agree with the OP? What's the purpose of it?

i wouldnt call it hate
deep misconfidence is the right word
the point of the OP is what it is, we can argue about the hate(misconfidence) being logical or not...its very simple
also no one brought the Vita but you...:P

I am 33 years old so this whole Nintendo hate thing isn't new to me. I was in my early 20's when the Gamecube launched. That entire system was mocked non stop by the PS2 and Xbox crowed for being too "kiddy" etc. The N64 was also considered lame by the gaming community. If you didn't have a Playstation, you were a nerd or a loser. Mario wasn't cool again until the Wii, so if the Wii-U goes down that path, it won't bother me.

As long as Nintendo sells enough games and systems to stay in business, I could care less what people say.

Reasonable concern is fine, but there has been negativity seemingly spun against Nintendo and the WiiU.  The Eurogamer article was the most recent:

In a previous post I mentioned G4 and Spike TV's behavior during E3.  Most people would agree that Nintendo's press conference was disappointing, but G4 didn't have a single "close up" feature on any WiiU games like they did for most of the other games of E3, save for a couple of very brief mentions from the show floor on Mario and Rayman.  No ZombiU, no Project P-100, no Pikmin 3... and when they did discuss the console during interviews with press, etc, it was met with criticism instead of objectivity from the hosts; as if it was "cool" and better for their image to dismiss the console.

Pachter is another example, but, let's face it, most of us don't take that guy seriously anyway. 

But Gamesindustry.biz has also been seemingly negative.  Back in April they ran the article saying that annonymous developers claimed that WiiU wasn't as powerful as the current gen consoles, which is completely fine to report on, as it is indeed news.  However, did they mention anything in the article about other known developers (such as Gearbox) who have stated the contrary?  Nope.  Even in the comments for said article (which consists of their members who are people in the industry such as devs, media, etc) people were expressing their concerns on why GI.biz would do this.  They did later acknowledge 5th Cell's statement that WiiU is more powerful, however, so that's something at least.

It just seems like some (not all) of the media gets more hits when they speak negatively about WiiU instead of being objective and reporting on the positives as well.  Regarding the Vita, I do remember one specific article/video from CNET that made me sick:  Before it's NA release, they stated that because of the state of the handheld market, "Vita probably won't even release in NA".  Yeah...

@ DieAppleDie

People mentioned other consoles for comparison or indicated that it was only Nintendo receiving negativism. I realize my statement didn't bring anything to the table other than to contradict that kind of opinion but have since felt this topic should be looked into. I don't have the time to do so right now since I'm getting ready to move but a nice analysis of gaming media articles could really put some weight to the claim.

What is the point in freeing up the TV when you're in the same room as the TV? Most households by the time this becomes relevant will be able to free the TV regardless by streaming TV to their tablet or laptop. The PS VIta can do this too and that is a really popular and successful platform, it can even free up the TV and you don't even have to be in the same room.

Asymmetrical gameplay has not been proved to be enticing. You can't count these until they are hatched.