Comments on: Is Google punishing CNet?

By: plaxoed! » Round two? a.k.a. cash in while it’s hot! [Mark Jen’s life @ Plaxo]

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:58:51 +0000

[...] hs. Wow! Oops, I’m publicizing public information… oh no! Does this mean they aren’t going to talk to me for a year? I’m personally curious as to ho [...]

By: terry chay

terry chay — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:39:46 +0000

Rose,

How are you gentlegirl!! You have no chance to survive, make your time.

Ha ha ha ha!

(AYB will never die.)

Take care,

terry

By: rose

rose — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:59:05 +0000

omg, lay off the AYB stuff…

btw, you should check out the cnet top 10 web trends if you are seriously obsessed (and notice how the trend died circa 2001!)

By: markjen

markjen — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:04:13 +0000

Hi J - I’m not really sure if Google would be able to sue? From what I can tell, nothing CNet reported is false and AFAIK you can’t sue someone for reporting the truth… any lawyers out there?

By: J

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:07:26 +0000

I certainly don’t think it’s a “normal” practice outside of junior high school. Over on slashdot, there are alot of people saying “at least google didn’t sue,” and while I suppose that is true, I’m not sure how much better this is.

I read the article, and I didn’t see anything that bad, at least by the (admittedly low) standards of modern media.

It reminds me of your case, Mark- a random cracking of the whip. I don’t understand how people can work there with this constant cloud hanging over their heads.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:05:49 +0000

Now we know why all their stories use information found on the web and no personal interviews. Though I like this article.

By: Tom Raftery’s I.T. views » Blog Archive » Google refuses to talk to CNET News.com!

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:44:02 +0000

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