Dissapointing Standards
I was excited to find a Slate technology podcast but was absolutely blown away by the lack of journalisitic standards displayed. 2 Examples: In the episode I listened to the hosts reviewed a Google Home and gave a very poor review of the product for reasons that seemed a bit subjective/trivial ( "I like having the radio in every room and this was only in one", "the setup was really difficult, requiring multiple attempts.") I'm fine with poor reviews but this seemed awfully trivial. Low and behold 10 minutes later the show sponsor ad comes on and it's for a Sonos home speaker. This this the hosts were incredibly into the product and touting all of it's benefits. I cannot believe that a show would willinging enter into such a conflict of interest in review/sponsorship. In addition, I was dissapointed by the lack of fact based reporting. As a rebuttaal to the cable companies claims that Net Neutrality was preventing them from upgrading the network the hosts suggested that they wouldn't upgrade networks and instead increase profit. It's an interesting point but there was no data or evidence provided on this claim which was really dissapointing.Read full review »
SlateFans via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/29/17
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I was excited about this podcast when I first heard about it. I have been a fan of Will's writing; I was not familiar with April, but really enjoyed her pieces when she joined Slate. I still like their writing; the podcast, not so much. The topics are timely, the hosts know their stuff, the...Read full review »
UTLund86 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/22/18
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Obsidian1111 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/17/19
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AlexL1x via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/10/18
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