MikeB said:
@ madskillz
The media is reporting facts. If you want an opinion, read an editorial.
It seems you know little about media coverage which is always biased to some extend. A lot of news coverage is editorialized and even if a news service tries to stay as objective as possible, still a selection of "facts" needs to be made (they decide what's important to cover and what's not) and the choice with regard to which people's perspectives to highlight.
Really reread the news coverages regarding the PS3 starting from 2006. Believe me in hind sight it's easy to spot much bias, unprofessionalism, lack of research and verification.
IMO in general the past couple of years US media coverages have been extremely bad. The Dutch media paid much attention to this in the past as well, actually performing in depth research on the issue. (of course this didn't relate to the PS3, but rather with regard to politics, war, cover-ups, etc) Dutch journalists also highlighted how despite best efforts their coverage is also biased to some extend, or even the BBC, a relatively very correct and professional broadcast service.
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And what do you do again? Son, I have been a journalist for nearly 13 years - worked on the copy desk and design desk, as well as IT at least 4 different papers, the last one is the 9th biggest in the country with a 400K plus circulation. I know much more about newspapers than you can dream about. Unless you have spent one night rimming, getting your story pulled apart or directed a desk, you don't know jack.
For your information, there are several ways to get a news story. First, it could be leaked by a company employee. Second, they can get the scoop from analyst. Third, they can do the research themselves.
Next, after the story is done, it's sifted through a host of editors, and if it's huge, the executive editor or managing editor will read the story to make sure it is newsworthy, and worth the heat they may take if it's controversial. If it could get the newspaper sued, the paper or TV station will consult a lawyer about the legal ramifications. After that, the story hits the design desk, is put on a page, and then is read by another 4-5 copy editors and slots. If it's BS, it rarely makes it this far.
As far as TV stations and the like, they have a similar process, and will interrupt programs depending on how big the news is.
Bottom line - a person in the media has access to much, much better news than a guy living with mommy and on his Mac/PC in her basement ... and playing on their said console all day.
News is news, and your devotion of the Sony family is remarkable. The company is losing mad money, folks are losing their jobs - divisions will be axed - and here you come, with the Alice in Wonderland music playing softly in the background, skipping down the yellow brick road saying 'The media is out to get my crush.'
I was content to just ignore you, like most of other folks in their right mind, because Sony could admit to being the antichrist, and you would still be on board to the end.
Show us facts to back your truckload of dung you just dumped.