PC World Posts Anti-Apple Article Editor Allegedly Quit Over

We at Wired set off quite a catty-wumpus last week by reporting that one of the reasons PC World Editor in Chief Harry McCracken departed the publication was that a piece called “10 Things We Hate About Apple” upset the company’s publisher, who supposedly favored a pro-advertiser bent to editorial. As if to deny such […]

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We at Wired set off quite a catty-wumpus last week by reporting that one of the reasons PC World Editor in Chief Harry McCracken departed the publication was that a piece called "10 Things We Hate About Apple" upset the company's publisher, who supposedly favored a pro-advertiser bent to editorial.

As if to deny such reports, the magazine has now posted the article and its lovey-dovey companion piece, along with a cryptic reference to its tortured origins that doesn't quite mention what really happened:

By now, you may have heard something about a couple of articles we've been planning about Apple and its products. We sure have.

The article itself is pretty toothless: "5. Where's the BluRay?" Ooooooo. I'm shaking in my boots. Can this really have ended a respected tech journalist's career?

PC World - 10 Things We Hate About Apple

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