Adam Satariano for Bloomberg:
To many, the incident showed Consumer Reports is now chasing page-views on the Web instead of actually doing a public service.
Satariano quoted me, Marco Arment and MG Siegler.
Consumer Reports gets torched over iPad tests
It is beginning to look like it’s not such a “joke” after all regarding anyone writing a BS headline or story with the word “Apple” in it to generate hits and publicity. Then acquiring even more notoriety retracting, or apologizing for its inaccuracies. CR doesn’t seem to realize how much credibility they’re losing.