Comments on: David Pogue responds to review criticism

By: BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:43:12 +0000

Mr. Pogue!

Thanks for the comment. I agree that a good journalist must receive information from the source, but I believe there are often many sources to a story. In this case, RIM PR or in fact the Storm Product Manager might not be willing to divulge the full story, as it may be in their best interest to quietly deal with bug/glitches. Other sources, which may provide more accurate information, in this case would be the RIM dev teams working on the OS builds, many of which would be willing to pass along a version of the updates they’re working on with a friendly email request.

I think it is this point which would also lead me to believe that there is a difference between ‘Web rumor’ and valuable – if unnamed – sources willing to speak the truth.

By: BlackBerry Cool

BlackBerry Cool — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:43:00 +0000

Mr. Pogue!

I think it is this point which would also lead me to believe that there is a difference between ‘Web rumor’ and valuable – if unnamed – sources willing to speak the truth.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:11:51 +0000

@ david

Printing rumour as fact would indeed be silly, but simply sharing the most up-to-date-but-not-necessarily-confirmed-info would not be.

I had thought rumours or promises of patches would have been what lead to the omission of all the bugs the iPhone 3G suffered at launch from your 3G review, unless there was more then one review and I just happened across the one reserved for all the positive remarks.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:11:00 +0000

@ david

Printing rumour as fact would indeed be silly, but simply sharing the most up-to-date-but-not-necessarily-confirmed-info would not be.

By: david pogue

david pogue — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:39:23 +0000

“A good journalist or a reporter should have known that there’s an update coming”

Sorry, but that’s very silly. A good journalist does not believe (or print) Web rumor. He goes directly to the source–in my case, the BlackBerry Storm product manager–and ASKS.

–Pogue

By: david pogue

david pogue — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:39:00 +0000

“A good journalist or a reporter should have known that there’s an update coming”

Sorry, but that’s very silly. A good journalist does not believe (or print) Web rumor. He goes directly to the source–in my case, the BlackBerry Storm product manager–and ASKS.

–Pogue

By: JayD

JayD — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:53:02 +0000

Why would anybody trust anything written in NYT anyway?
Here’s the fact. A good journalist or a reporter should have known that there’s an update coming. RIM didn’t have to tell him anything.

By: JayD

JayD — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +0000

Why would anybody trust anything written in NYT anyway?
Here’s the fact. A good journalist or a reporter should have known that there’s an update coming. RIM didn’t have to tell him anything.

By: jackel

jackel — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:57:11 +0000

I have never seen anyone get more attention for giving a bad review. The guys a jackass.

By: jackel

jackel — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:57:00 +0000

I have never seen anyone get more attention for giving a bad review. The guys a jackass.

By: David Pogue Fires Back at Critics of BlackBerry Storm Review

David Pogue Fires Back at Critics of BlackBerry Storm Review — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:36:48 +0000

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By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:08:10 +0000

Pogue sells a user guide to the iPhone. He stands to make money from a well selling iPhone so knocking a competitor makes perfect sense

Why is journalism not required to decalre these obvious conficts of interest?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:08:00 +0000

Pogue sells a user guide to the iPhone. He stands to make money from a well selling iPhone so knocking a competitor makes perfect sense

Why is journalism not required to decalre these obvious conficts of interest?