He has done this many times in the past, as occasionally documented in our wiki

Shown above is the current headline and the previous headline (that we captured in Daily Links yesterday)

Summary: ZDNet covered a banal Linux release using unnecessary drama from Liam Tung (taking about a future release in an overly sensationalist fashion for FUD's worth). The original headline was hostile: "Linux 6.1 stable lands as Linus Torvalds frets over a frantic pre-holidays 6.2 merge"; but they've since changed the title to "Open source: Linux 6.1 stable lands, here's what you need to know"; Microsoft's longterm media mole, Liam Tung, uses a negative twist to cover a Linux release. As usual in his case. ZDNet just cannot help trolling releases of Linux. There has been much coverage about the release, but this one was by far the worst, especially the original headline.

THIS may be difficult to dissect due to a lack of transparency (ZDNet does not publish IRC logs or equivalent/s), but maybe the editor stepped in or someone complained (we did within hours), whereupon they belatedly rectified only the clickbait headline.

Liam Tung's anti-Linux FUD isn't unprecedented to say the least; most of his 'articles' are/were Microsoft ads. He really should stay out of covering Linux because he works for a company that hates and attacks Linux. ⬆