More FUD from internet “reporters”.

Example #1: Is Honeycomb Android’s Vista?

Wow, ZDnet, how much did you get paid to run that article? Especially since the supported devices can be counted on 1 hand and the major player is the Xoom that really has had it’s own problems taking on the iPad. Any commentary on the matter is premature at best, so extrapolating from those comments is just bad reporting.

Do we need more examples? They come daily. One thing I can suggest is a good read between the lines in that article. If you do better than skim you’ll catch that ZDnet is actually making the same point. You won’t get it from the headline, nor just reading a few sentences, but the overall message is everyone hated Vista and loves Windows 7. Though they are nearly the same! Unfortunately it’s the headlines that a big portion of society base their opinions on. Shame on you ZD, you know that. Based on a sample of the comments it’s pretty obvious most of them didn’t really read it either.

FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) … PROPAGANDA. Don’t be lemmings, if you see a provocative headline dig deep or ignore it altogether but don’t rush to Tweet or update Facebook. That only adds to the problem.

“Some men relate what they think, as what they know; some men of confused memories, and habitual inaccuracy, ascribe to one man what belongs to another; and some talk on without thought or care. A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters.

It is more from carelessness about the truth, than from intention of lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.” – Samuel Johnson