Browsers go head-to-head

The top two browsing programs of net users got a big update this month as Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Mozilla unleashed Firefox 2.0. Here we take a quick spin through some of the features to be seen in the new versions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6086798.stm

The top two browsing programs of net users got a big update this month as Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Mozilla unleashed Firefox 2.0. Here we take a quick spin through some of the features to be seen in the new versions.
It's amazing the biased that always has to be uttered in these articles. IE [b]released[/b] their browser while Mozilla [b]unleashed[/b] theirs. To me, they are tools. Both have their uses. Both have their strength and bot have weaknesses. The press will never realize that not everything in life is a confrontation even though that seems to be the only way they can keep their readers.

Hmmm… So now even the BBC is biased against IE?

To me, they are tools. Both have their uses. Both have their strength and bot have weaknesses.

Looks like somebody judged the article from the introductory paragraph and didn’t bother reading to the end:

Despite these minor differences, Firefox 2.0 and IE7 are now broadly comparable - something that could not be said of IE6 and Firefox. But it will be up to users to choose which one best meets their needs.
Hmmm... So now even the BBC is biased against IE?
Yes Frank but then the BBC is biased against a lot of things depending on your personal views. ;D
Looks like somebody judged the article from the introductory paragraph and didn't bother reading to the end:
It's the headline and the opening statement that set the tone and the impression in the readers mind. Anything posted toward the end of an article is lost just as a retraction to a false statement is usually buried just so the author can say "Sorry" but not actually mean it.

I would also label the following article as biased and misleading.
Minor Bug in New Firefox

If you read the whole article, you’ll see that one “bug” was already fixed
and the other is not exploitable.
All this really proves is that biased is based on the outlook of the person doing the review.
It’s the individuals slant that sets the tone of any article and review.

Yes Frank but then the BBC is biased against a lot of things depending on your personal views.

Have to disagree with you there. I’ve never found the BBC to be biased. Usually when somebody accuses the BBC of bias, it is a politician after the BBC has had the temerity to question the results of policy, or a pressure group for one side in an argument who claim that the BBC has favoured one side over another, simply for reporting what the other side thinks or feels.

If you want to believe that the use of the verb ‘unleash’ for one browser compared to ‘release’ for another is going to conjure the impression of the superiority of one product in the mind of the reader, whatever the rest of the article says, you can register your feeling of bias at the Press Complaints Commission here:

http://www.pcc.org.uk/

EDIT: Typo

The BBC has recently admitted it is biased in its reporting on several things, the EU (pro), Iraq (pro government policy), Government (hostage to the license fee), etc. ever since it got a pasting about the Dodgy Dossier and the David Kelly incident, they have crawled into their shell.

I’ll never say this about any media (newspaper, television, magazine, site…).