Comment by alt227

10 months ago

Why is this stuff not reported in the mainstream media?

The general publics opinion of Apple is that they are golden and untouchable, the best tech company out there. The reality is much different.

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latexr  10 months ago

That link alone has references to Associated Press and Bloomberg. It’s not hard to do a basic web search and find more, the trial has been covered by many outlets.

datavirtue  10 months ago

The owners of the stock are embedded everywhere in high, medium and low places. It's in the top ten of nearly every major index and mutual fund. No one is going to complain about Apple until the stock tanks.

  • chii  10 months ago

    So a good trader or shortseller (like the now defunct Hindenburg Research) would make such news public to attempt to make a profit off it.

    So why isn't that happening?

aleph_minus_one  10 months ago

> Why is this stuff not reported in the mainstream media?

- Because a lot of journalists are Apple fanbois

- The press publishers don't want to sour relationships with Apple (because of advertising deals)

- Publishing bad things about Apple would infuriate the many Apple fanbois among the readers, causing a shitstorm against the medium

  • Prickle  10 months ago

    My understanding is that negative press of apple gets you blacklisted from media events and early review devices.

    The advertising deals with apple are not that lucrative, iirc.

    So bad reviews are avoided to ensure the media gets the early review clicks.

  • latexr  10 months ago

    By your logic, Apple would never get bad press. And neither would any other brand, since all of them have fans. Both of which are obviously and provably false.

    • aleph_minus_one  10 months ago

      > By your logic, Apple would never get bad press.

      Not "never", but it is indeed my observation that the press is much "nicer" in their reporting and much more "forgiving" to Apple than to other similar companies.

      In some circles, this observation already has become a running gag when the pen pusher is again too impressed of some Apple marketing.