Mike Masnick ✅Mar 9, 2023

So... last night I pointed out that @filipeesposito, the editor for 9to5Mac made some pretty embarrassing factual errors in an article about Bluesky... and rather than fix those factual errors... he (1) blocked me on mastodon and (2) left the story as is.

In the past I had always considered 9to5Mac and its related publications to be credible sources of news, but now I feel the need to re-evaluate that.

Reporters make mistakes. We all do. It's how you *respond* that matters.

Show threadErnie Smith
@mmasnick @filipeesposito Something very similar happened about a month ago with @appleinsider, where they attacked a recycler in a way that implied he acquired the laptops he was reselling through theft. https://writing.exchange/@ernie/109757080101694666
Ernie Smith (@[email protected])

I learned after posting my last item that a writer for @[email protected] actively slandered my friend John Bumstead. I take that personally and I expect that Apple Insider leadership should look at its practices in the future. https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/24/right-to-repair-advocate-urges-apple-to-let-resellers-bypass-security-protocols

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