PC World Posts Anti-Apple Article Editor Allegedly Quit Over
We at Wired set off quite a catty-wumpus last week by reporting that one of the reasons PC World Editor in Chief Harry McCracken departed the publication was that a piece called “10 Things We Hate About Apple” upset the company’s publisher, who supposedly favored a pro-advertiser bent to editorial.
As if to deny such reports, the magazine has now posted the article and its lovey-dovey companion piece, along with a cryptic reference to its tortured origins that doesn’t quite mention what really happened:
By now, you may have heard something about a couple of articles we’ve been planning about Apple and its products. We sure have.
The article itself is pretty toothless: “5. Where’s the BluRay?” Ooooooo. I’m shaking in my boots. Can this really have ended a respected tech journalist’s career?
PC World - 10 Things We Hate About Apple
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Someone quit over THIS? None of this article is embarrasing to Apple. If anything it’s a pack of whiner rants about the nature of the universe. “You cain’t always get whut you wa-unt…” The most absurd was #6. “They’re not perfect.” Huh? What in the entire earth would not qualify for this? Like Dell or HP or -anyone- met this criteria?
Who would bother to write such drivel? Who would bother to resign over not being allowed to display such drivel? It makes no sense.
Micheal, on May 8th, 2007 at 6:59 am