Because of the sensitive nature of the corrosive news media infrastructure, you may have noticed mainstream outlets regularly publishing "news" based on the accounts of sources who remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of __________.
Journalists can be lazy but nature ain't sensitive. Please help us ridicule anonymous sources for the cop outs they represent.
We’re not about to delve inside Mike Arrington as that could rile his temper. But I never thought I’d see a “sensitive nature” cop-out in a TechCrunch post. While TechCrunch is known to ignore media embargoes and publish rumors without confirmation, it’s never been known to quote the faceless due to sensitive nature. Until now — Apparently the TechCrunch audience must be shielded from various truths as a result of its own collective sensitive nature. Hrm…
The reality: I can’t repeat here what I wrote on Twitter because of the sensitive nature of the TechCrunch audience, but I will say this. The HP DreamScreen is possibly the biggest piece of crap to ever grace my desk….
Now that’s an opinion not to be confused with reporting. Especially from one with an admittedly “huge conflict of interest” [CrunchPad].
