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Scougar

Scougar

Scougar

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Feels like this is the tech guys equivalent of "fake news". Everyone has been trying to jump the gun the past year and every publication now quotes there "source". Some putting whole paragraphs together to explain, justify or damage control before they give you said sources news.

I love tech, but there is just so much this type of journalism now, with people not wanting to become irrelevant with news. Rumors spreading like truth throughout other publications that really should know better.

I also suspect that companies are now releasing early info in one upmanship via leaks. But that would be my speculation of course.

Give us back solid tech journalism!
 
Scougar said:
Feels like this is the tech guys equivalent of "fake news". Everyone has been trying to jump the gun the past year and every publication now quotes there "source". Some putting whole paragraphs together to explain, justify or damage control before they give you said sources news.

I love tech, but there is just so much this type of journalism now, with people not wanting to become irrelevant with news. Rumors spreading like truth throughout other publications that really should know better.

I also suspect that companies are now releasing early info in one upmanship via leaks. But that would be my speculation of course.

Give us back solid tech journalism!
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Can you give me an example, with a link, so I have an idea of what you are on about? Thx :p
 
Efour said:
Can you give me an example, with a link, so I have an idea of what you are on about? Thx :p
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Seriously? Any video or written review covering just about anything to do with AMD, NVIDIA or INTEL recently...

Also... Tough crowd, tough crowd... Lol.

Rumours and clickbait started with wccftech. Then Jim at adored tv based his channel heavily on early source information. Now everyone seems to have gone crazy quoting source this, source that, and go to great lengths to justify it .
 
Scougar said:
I also suspect that companies are now releasing early info in one upmanship via leaks. But that would be my speculation of course.
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This has gone on for decades. Not just in the tech sector. Look at the car industry. "Our car will do 0-60 in X seconds". Independent testing found that the car did 0-60 in Y seconds, which was nowhere near what the manufacturer claimed, because the manufacturer stripped the car, adjusted the tune and put racing slicks on it. Also Nürburgring times.
 
It all comes down to clicks, page impressions and how many ads they can serve. Will anyone really remember if they got something wrong six months ago? Not really.
 
Scougar said:
Seriously? Any video or written review covering just about anything to do with AMD, NVIDIA or INTEL recently...

Also... Tough crowd, tough crowd... Lol.

Rumours and clickbait started with wccftech. Then Jim at adored tv based his channel heavily on early source information. Now everyone seems to have gone crazy quoting source this, source that, and go to great lengths to justify it .
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Isn't this just about the entire world that has gone this route, that's why I was initially confused. In a market that is 24/7/365 you either publish bs first or you lose advertising revenue, click bait, truth bending nonsense. It's just oversaturated beyond belief.
 
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