05.10.22

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ZDNet is Dying

Posted in Deception, FUD at 5:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022: 10 stories in 33 days

2021: 10 stories in 15 days

2020: 10 stories in 11 days

Summary: The pace of publication at ZDNet this year is about half what it was a year ago and a third compared to 2 years ago; production and staff cuts have been made rather obvious, so the inflammatory clickbait and FUD are on the way out

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