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Fair and Balanced

Here's what real "fair and balanced" reporting looks like - as opposed to the other kind.

This OpEd in Just What I Need? in today's New York Times challenges some of the gee whiz reporting coming out of CES with this essay, questioning what it all means.

OK, you could accuse me of some of the "gee whiz" hype in my last two posts (here and here). But rather than breathless reporting on how cool it all is, I'm trying to drive home the point of the ascent of mobility as a key component of consumer electronics.

Back to Eduardo Porter's OpEd.

Browsing on the Web through the list of gadgets on display, I saw a future that looked more like a necropolis: a mountain of once-promising appliances exiled to call-now commercials or an in-flight magazine.

To mangle a phrase (one of my favorite pastimes)...

One man's treasure is another man's trash.

Next up - more on consumerism...and recession.

Don't you just hate fair and balanced, also known as buzz kill.

Posted on January 14, 2008 at 01:01 PM


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