Comments on: And the Wankley Award goes to … SMH’s Apple obsession http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-smhs-apple-obsession/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:17 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Paul Sofronoff http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-smhs-apple-obsession/#comment-18494 Paul Sofronoff Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-18494 Hey Jane,<br />There is more news in the SMH coverage of the Apple store than in this "critique". If there is evidence of a genuine "cash for comment" link between Apple and the publisher then publish it. Otherwise you would be better off analysing how incredible Apple's branding strategy is. Whilst it is "in fact, just a shop", how remarkable that they are able to affect people so deeply that they will camp out just to be one of the first through the doors. Hey Jane,
There is more news in the SMH coverage of the Apple store than in this “critique”. If there is evidence of a genuine “cash for comment” link between Apple and the publisher then publish it. Otherwise you would be better off analysing how incredible Apple’s branding strategy is. Whilst it is “in fact, just a shop”, how remarkable that they are able to affect people so deeply that they will camp out just to be one of the first through the doors.

]]> By: peter w http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-smhs-apple-obsession/#comment-18495 peter w Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-18495 Congratulations on 'belling the Apple'. The smh's coverage has been a joke... was it stiched up when Apple was negotiating some advertising space? otherwise its inexplicable. As for the people in the queue, i interviewed a couple the other day and they look silly enough to be dinkum but its amazing how many have the same type of collapsable chair... Apple could not possibly be funding these people could they!! <br /><br />The Apple coverage comes a little over a week afer the SMH failed to even mention the international story of the people behind Mugabe despite it being on the wires and all over the Oz. Not one par for 2 days. Sadly the SMH has become a Sydney centric magazine rather than a newspaper... the irony is that John B Fairfax/ Brian McCarthy takeover is taking it further away from its once traditional values. The Oz despite its stable of right wing nutter columnists (Albrechtsen , Sheridan et al) and agenda journalists such as Shanahan and Milne is a much better paper . Congratulations on ‘belling the Apple’. The smh’s coverage has been a joke… was it stiched up when Apple was negotiating some advertising space? otherwise its inexplicable. As for the people in the queue, i interviewed a couple the other day and they look silly enough to be dinkum but its amazing how many have the same type of collapsable chair… Apple could not possibly be funding these people could they!!

The Apple coverage comes a little over a week afer the SMH failed to even mention the international story of the people behind Mugabe despite it being on the wires and all over the Oz. Not one par for 2 days. Sadly the SMH has become a Sydney centric magazine rather than a newspaper… the irony is that John B Fairfax/ Brian McCarthy takeover is taking it further away from its once traditional values. The Oz despite its stable of right wing nutter columnists (Albrechtsen , Sheridan et al) and agenda journalists such as Shanahan and Milne is a much better paper .

]]> By: mike smith http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/20/and-the-wankley-award-goes-to-smhs-apple-obsession/#comment-18496 mike smith Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-18496 Crikey publishes an article unfavourable to Apple? Lese Majeste! Hordes of Apple fans will descend on you, and you'll probably get slashdotted. Crikey publishes an article unfavourable to Apple? Lese Majeste! Hordes of Apple fans will descend on you, and you’ll probably get slashdotted.

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