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Internet Explorer

Identical tech stories generate not-so-identical coverage

Posted by Tom Boone on Thu, Jul, 14, 2005 - 9:00 am

After Microsoft issued a security update for its Internet Explorer browser, CNET's News.com ran the story with the following headline:

CNET\'s Internet Explorer headline

Just a few hours later, the makers of Firefox also issued a security update for their product. But this time CNET's headline read:

CNET\'s Firefox update

And to think that some people claim the media is biased.

[CNET News.com] PCs falling victim to Windows flaws
[CNET News.com] Firefox update squashes security bugs

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