“If you are a long-time Apple user then you have probably heard of the four pundits below. They have written reams of bad advice, poor comparisons, unclear analysis, insane predictions, and general crap. But if you are relatively new to the world of Apple then you might mistakenly assume that these guys actually know what they’re talking about. Rest assured, they don’t. This is a simple guide to the four biggest idiots out there writing about all things Apple. They all have different styles, but in the end you can’t really trust any of them. Here they are, in no particular order: the top four pundits you should always ignore,” James R. Stoup writes for Apple Matters.
• John C. Dvorak — Don’t mistake commentary for journalism
• Rob Enderle — Mr. “I-will-say-anything-for-a-quote”
• George Ou — He lost his mind during the wireless-MacBook-hack scandal and never recovered
• Paul Thurrott — Facts are sooooo optional
Full article here.
Add Andrew Kantor to the list, too.
Related articles:
Kantor: ‘Mac fans are nothing if not predictable’ – January 12, 2007
USA Today writer: Apple iPhone is an ‘ordinary, average product’ at heart – January 12, 2007
USA Today tech writer: Apple’s Boot Camp will get Mac users to switch to Windows – April 14, 2006
USA Today columnist calls Mac users and Apple fans a ‘cult of blind little lemmings’ – September 16, 2005
USA Today: Apple’s iPod nano ‘a beautiful piece of hardware’ – but ‘the competition has caught up’ – September 16, 2005
USA Today writer: Apple’s iTunes Music Store’s ‘restrictive license’ fosters rampant piracy – March 25, 2005
USA Today writer unhappy with MacDailyNews and some Mac users’ emails – October 18, 2004
USA Today writer attempts to downplay Apple’s role in Virginia Tech supercomputer – September 03, 2004
What? Should I comment on this? Does anyone here need to support the fact that these guys are a waste of DNA?
I give you the first inductees to Journalism’s Hall of Shame.
Maybe they are the four horsemen of the apocalypse?
Now THIS is one article I will be emailing to my friends! (and my editor)
MW – “wrong”
He, he!
America, what a country! Even mindless blowhards can raise a family and become (in)famous in small circles.
In other news, when you are reading about humanitarian topics there are four people you should ignore:
Pol Pot
Adolph Hitler
Kim Jong Il
Joseph Stalin
It’s a good rule:
IGNORE THE TROLLS!
If you feed them, they just come back for more.
That was a good article. I’ve known this for quite some time but is it good to see someone summarizing the Fabulous Four all in one place. I bookmarked it, and I’ll be sending it to Business Week, ZDnet (for what good THAT will do), or any other publication that seems clueless.
Add me too, I’m trying to make a name for myself.
WiseGuy
You talking to me?
You talking to me?
There are a few pund-nit-wits here, too.
Never listen to anything I say.
I agree with Stoup. But he’s feeding the troll.
Dvorak, he says, is not a journalist, but a blogger trolling for hits. And to prove it, here’s a link!
LOL!
“There are a few pund-nit-wits here, too.”
Yeah, but we’re just talking trash, chewing the fat. Those losers are talking trash (FUD)for money.
And here are four pizza places you should never visit-
The Pizza Nut Hut
Pizza Inn U
Goddammit’s Pizza
Shakey’s DT Buffet
Add Marc Stephens aka Robert X. Cringley to the list.
From now on, whenever you feel the urge to link to those tools – err, “analysts” – link to this article instead. We’ll all be much happier, and they’ll go away when they stop being fed.
In fact, perhaps this article will then come up as #1 for every stupid article they write – that would be cool. From now on, if I hear they wrote a dumb article, I will mention the name of it and link to this Apple Matters article instead. They already don’t get my traffic, but this is one step better.
While we are doing lists, modern yellow belly cowards of today:
– Nancy Pelosi
– John Murtha
– Harry Reid
– John Dumbass Swift Boat Kerry
It will be fun to watch stupid people like Enderle and Dvorak slowly disintegrate with Windows and that fat clown running it.
How about the Hollywood losers list…
– George Clooney
– Sean Penn
– Rosie O’Donnell
– Charlie Sheen
Uh-ohh “x”, now you’ve done it!
Nah, ‘x’ is exactly the kind of post to troll-rate . . . and ignore.
Somehow, I don’t think ‘x’ is short for Malcolm……or Nat.
-Rush Limbaugh
-Ann Coulter
-Glenn Beck
-Don Imus
-Sylvia Browne
-Uri Geller
-John Edward
-The Pope