In this week’s meeting, Brian S. Hall tackles step six by sharing how he gets pegged a "hater" on Twitter for criticizing tech writers, his condemnation of business models that lead to poor journalism, and that he worries his constant contrarian opinions and cynical "hot takes" will end up becoming a farce of itself after too long.

In addition, we discuss how the Apple blogosphere is like Fox News, the notion that Apple is somehow infallible because "money", and that tech writers that essentially cheerlead for the world's richest company are doing a disservice to their readers and the public in general.

Links for this episode:

• Brian S. Hall on Twitter
  
• Brian S. Hall - Apple Boo Boo
  
• Tech Douchebags 47: The Battered Apple Writer
  
• Tim Cook On Apple's Future: Everything Can Change Except Values
  
• Tim Cook: iPhone 6, Apple Watch & Remaking A Company's Culture
  
• I Just Wore Google's Glasses For 2 Weeks And I'm Never Taking Them Off
  
• 85% of iPhone 6 owners in the U.S. haven’t bothered trying Apple Pay
  
• Confess - Apple Boo Boo
  
• The new MacBook sucks. It’s a total piece of shit. Do not buy it!
  
• Football Manager - Sega / Sports Interactive
  
• Apple Watch not on shopping list for 69 percent of Americans
  
• The Morning Dump w/ Jordan Cooper
  

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