“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
“Interesting topics but hosts lack charisma and chemistry. Would prefer casual, free flowing conversation while still being factual. Feels too forced and too news report like.”
Muzzie786 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/20/18
“It's brand new and so promising. Loved the hosts; the tech content is accessible to me, a complete non- tech person. Tech and politics are intertwined, so I expect this show will spend lots of time talking about the latest political news, including the Russian hack that handed Trump his...”Read full review »
Bicdorf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/05/17
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