Well, This is Interesting

While I don't want to in any way defend Arrington (who is a total douche), he does have a point. There is a reason Consumer Reports buys "off the shelf" for their reviews. They don't want people thinking they're biased, and they don't want freebies (even temporary ones) to colour their review process. Leo got a free review unit (which he has to give back, although sometimes a company will give you the option of buying it). Leo also has a history of always loving stuff, at least for a week or two. When he does keep stuff, he tends not to like it over time (there are exceptions of course).

I think this video outburst was a long time in coming. Most people I know in "the biz" want to strangle Arrington, but I don't think Leo needed to explode like that solely due to Arrington's question (which was asked in a rather rude way).

Well, This is Interesting

While I don't want to in any way defend Arrington (who is a total douche), he does have a point. There is a reason Consumer Reports buys "off the shelf" for their reviews. They don't want people thinking they're biased, and they don't want freebies (even temporary ones) to colour their review process. Leo got a free review unit (which he has to give back, although sometimes a company will give you the option of buying it). Leo also has a history of always loving stuff, at least for a week or two. When he does keep stuff, he tends not to like it over time (there are exceptions of course).

I think this video outburst was a long time in coming. Most people I know in "the biz" want to strangle Arrington, but I don't think Leo needed to explode like that solely due to Arrington's question (which was asked in a rather rude way).