On: Mountain Lion: John Gruber's personal briefing

[Tloewald]

It's being announced all over the place.

[pavlov → Tloewald]

The difference is that other journalists who got the preview also write about other products, whereas Gruber only writes about Apple.

When an Apple-exclusive blog gets preferential treatment and news scoops directly from Apple, it's reasonable to ask whether it's anything more than Phil Schiller's astroturfing outlet.

[smackfu → pavlov]

You could say the same about MacWorld.

[pavlov → smackfu]

Being compared to MacWorld is hardly an endorsement of an independent blogger's journalistic integrity.

[smackfu → pavlov]

But it is rather odd to complain that getting a briefing to a "biased" reporter is unusual. It's like Thurott getting briefed on Windows stuff, S.O.P.

[coob → pavlov]

As someone who has Gruber's musings on baseball pop up all over his twitter and RSS clients, I'm inclined to disagree.

[tvon → pavlov]

Gruber is not at all Apple exclusive, but he is clearly a fan.