CEA Takes Away CNET's Role In Picking CES Best In Show; Awards Dish Hopper 'Best In Show'
from the ouch dept
The saga of CBS’s braindead decision to interfere with CNET editorial and order reporters to take Dish’s Hopper DVR out of the running for “best in show” (after they’d already given it the award) continues to have fallout. Beyond having one of its top reporters resign in protest, while having morale falling and, of course, handing Dish a perfect marketing opportunity, now it has pissed off the Consumer Electronics Association as well.
You see, CNET’s “Best in Show” award wasn’t just for CNET itself, but for the official CES show. Part of CNET’s deal with CEA was that its picks for “Best of CES” were the official awards for CES. Until now. CEA boss Gary Shapiro first slammed CBS in an editorial, and then CEA followed that up by officially ending CNET’s position as the official picker of the “Best in Show” for CES. In trying to save face, someone from CBS told The Verge (in the link above) that it “had already determined it would not attempt to partner with CES for the awards again.” Yeah, sure.
Oh yeah. CES also has now officially named the Dish Hopper with Sling as “Best of Show” saying it’s now the “co-winner” with the Razer Edge gaming tablet that CNET chose after CBS suits stepped in and decimated their editorial independence.
Filed Under: awards, best in show, ces, cnet, independence, journalism
Companies: cbs, cea, cnet, dish
Comments on “CEA Takes Away CNET's Role In Picking CES Best In Show; Awards Dish Hopper 'Best In Show'”
As is said often on the Simpsons...
Haw haw!
Re: As is said often on the Simpsons...
I bet almost every person that read your post did so in the voice of Nelson Muntz.
Stick a fork in CNET.
They are done.
Re: Stick a fork in CNET.
pretty much… they have been sliding downhill for some times now and this was pretty much the packet that broke the ethernet strand in my mind.
Re: Stick a fork in CNET. (slightly off topic)
Very much so, I even reported them to Badware for including a pup installer in a piece of freeware hosted on their site, no opt out, just a silent install that took the better part of an afternoon to cleanup.
Good for CEA. Can’t wait for the next Dish ad. Wonder if they have plans to run one during the Superbowl and if they are scurrying to get this tidbit into the production. THAT would be awesome if they do and can make it. Wouldn’t it?
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Especially since the Superbowl is airing on CBS. 🙂
Wow! They actually did it.
Leave it to CBS to destroy an 11 year relationship in the blink of stupidity not to mention any credibility that C|Net had left.
And the cherry – Dish gets their Best of Show!
Leslie Moonves probably is having an aneurysm right about now.
Re: HUBS
Poor Leslie M is afflicted with (HUBS) “Head-Up-Butt-Syndrome”.
Re: Re: HUBS
It takes a tremendous amount of flexibility to insert one’s foot into one’s mouth while simultaneously keeping one’s head up one’s ass… I think that’s from Confucious…
Way to play the “I quit *before* they fired me” card!
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3r5sue/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States
Official winner: Dish Hopper with Sling/ Razer Edge Gaming Tablet
Official losers: CNET and CBS
Remember there is no such thing as bad publicity…
CNET now has no creds at all
Will anyone ever again respect any CNET review? Seems like they should fold up shop and go away.
Re: CNET now has no creds at all
CNET reviews have for over 10 years been a sponsored joke among us that know better. Sure they get it close to right every now and then, but most times they are just nodding in the direction of their biggest advertiser.
Best in Show
Excuse me if this off the subject a little bit, but just take a guess at how much I can bench press. Come on, what do you think? Take a guess. 315 pounds, at the top of my game, maxing out at 500!
Re: Best in Show
bro do you even lift
Re: Best in Show
Mr. Moonves, really that has nothing to do with the topic of the asinine move your company committed.
"had already determined it would not attempt to partner with CES for the awards again."
Once, just once, could one of these giants show one shred of humility instead of resorting to this petulance? CBS just made themselves look like they’re run by a bunch of middle schoolers.
Re: middle schoolers
“CBS … looks like they’re run by a bunch of middle schoolers”
On behalf of my two middle school kids, I reject the comparison! They are way more fair-minded and mature than this.
Re: Re: middle schoolers
I’d say CBS is as smart as a box of rocks … but then I’d be insulting the rocks….
Why All Our Junks Sucks
As an American, if you are not overpaying for crappy service, you are of no use to our corporate/state.
CNET and CBS
Bye, bye CNET.
I wonder if they breed big content executives to be prone to shooting themselves in the feet, or is it a part of the job criteria?
Yep
No surprise here
> it’s now the “co-winner” with the Razer
> Edge gaming tablet that CNET chose after
> CBS suits stepped in and decimated their
> editorial independence.
CBS did a lot more than decimate CNET’s editorial independence. A decimation would be a reduction of 10%, leaving 90% intact. Seems like CBS did a lot more harm than that.
I like Cnet, they give pretty neutral reviews. It is typical of CBS though.