Oh what a shocker... Pogue's "reviews" are nothing more than a shill piece.
I hate it when my cynical sides win.
Dom Q. Silverio
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM, wilsonchao <wilsonchao@gmail.com> wrote:
> Remember back in June David Pogue's NYTimes columns about FCPX?
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
> Don't waste your time, this guy is clueless to our universe.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kedor <mikedor@> wrote:
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> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/professional-video-editors-weigh-in-on-final-cut-pro-x/
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> I just ran into this note that the NYTimes has sanctioned Pogue for
> conflicts of interest, where he's been paid by PR firms while he's also
> presenting himself as an impartial expert:
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> http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/times-curbs-pogues-pr-appearances/
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> Note that Pogue admits "he credits P.R. with providing most of his ideas."
> And Pogue also "displays eight recent New York Times columns and identifies
> five as having come from public relations people. Pogue explains that, as a
> reviewer of new gadgets, there is no comprehensive database he can rely on
> to learn about new stuff. Hence he relies on companies and their hired
> pitchmen to tell him about new products."
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> How sad, that the NYTimes has fallen so low, that they allow this ignorant
> shill to publish self-serving PR from corporations.
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