[KirinDave]

I read it. The whole article. And all I can think after digesting what I read is, "U mad?" I think this journalist is just irritated that someone scolded them for "working the news cycle."

And it's not clear why saying, "Well Apple's events are also over covered!" is somehow a dodge for "The RNC is being massively overcovered."

P.S., If anything CES is undercovered. In the 10 years I've been following it I've never once felt like I have any clue what is going on there.

[wpietri]

You didn't read it very well.

A) he's not a journalist. B) He's saying that however much the convention coverage is a problem, tech journalism is a bigger mess. C) His point is pretty clear: journalism purports to be reporters working for readers, but that is no longer the case.

[KirinDave]

A) Seems like he is. B) And I am saying that is faulty logic. C) I am not sure this is entirely true. But it's a different conversation than the one being had here.

[randall]

Spoiler alert: Nothing. Nothing is going on at CES. I went as a journalist for both Engadget and CNET, and despite the huge volume of posts, finding interesting gadgets was a rarity. Most of the time, a huge amount of companies end up over-promise/under-deliver-ing products at a grand scale.

I think CES is for buyers at chain stores to meet up with CE manufacturers. It doesn't really have a huge point, in my mind. I think a highly curated "cool tech" show could do a lot better, and allow in consumers. A Vegas cool-tech show / hype machine would be really interesting.

[KirinDave]

Interesting. Maybe this is why I always feel like it is a gaping void in my perception... It actually is vacuous!

[crag]

He's probably irritated cause he wasn't invited to the launch event.

I find most,"tech journalist" want their feathers stroked. Throw a couple of lunches; make them feel important and they'll write a bible about you.

[novalis]

So you deduced he is maybe part of the group you perception to have poor quality in work ethics. So do you think apple plays to that poor professional ethic by providing free and heavily discounted iphone samples to "tech journalists" ? Because they do it, actually they do it to any kind of journalist in Europe and that "offering" isn't available from most other smartphone brands.It saves them a lot of money they would have to spend in more common advertising venus and somehow I don't see it disclosed.