THIS ARTICLE IS SO BIASED!! Just kidding
On a serious note though, I think it is 100% legitmate to point this out. However I also think it is NOT legitimate to say that if anyone says an article is biased that they are being unreasonable.
First - The Mossberg review that was referenced. It was SUPPOSED to be biased, it was a review - inherently an opinion. News is NOT supposse to be biased.
My 2 cents - Toms Hardware has become one of the most biased news reporting sites I've read, particularly when it comes to Apple. Nearly every story has a snarky connotation, from "Apple promised to have the iPad launch internationally"... "well too bad!" to titles that say "Steve Jobs Smoke & Mirros" to "5 laptops that destroy the Macbooks"
These are all absolutely biased, and often innaccurate. Apple never promised, it stated. Steve Jobs responded with a 2 sentence summary of why they opted for (the clearly advertised) Core 2 Duos in the Macbooks, and all of the sudden he is using smoke & mirrors? That's highly debatable. And 5 laptops that 'destroy' the Macbook Pro? That is certainly true by specifications, but nowadays, that's only one factor when purchasing a computer, and as such is higly debatle - and thus biased.
I have no problem with those opinions, I'd love to read them in articles, but if you are trying to post this to claim your news is not biased unless you are an unreasonable fan boy, you are delirious. These would be more appropriate headlines/phrasings:
"Apple originally stated the iPad would be available for international launch at the end of April, but has now changed the launch to May due to supply issues. Apple says supply cannot keep up with demand, some rumors claim this may be due in large part to supply chain issues [link]." Using the term promise inherently implies a broken promise, which besides being inaccurate, is also negatively biased.
Or, "Steve Jobs comments on Core2Duo's in Macbooks" - objective... is it smoke and mirrors? Maybe - but let the readers decide, or write an opinion piece. Smoke and Mirrors on a product claim is absolutely a biased statement.
"5 Laptops that offer higher performance for less than a Macbook" - is (1) more objective and (2) more specific - generalizations of "good" or "bad" or always biased. Don't tell me that you don't think using "destroys" is a little biased? Besides the fact that it is a broad term applied to only one part of a laptop (the benchmarks of internal hardware - which have little affect on many consumers), it also does not take into account things like Operating System speed and efficiency. You posted an article detailing Windows 7 VS Snow Leopard showing Snow Leopard to be the fastest operating system some time back... this might be worth mentioning as the platform a system runs on is a big part of the equation, both hardware/benchmark wise but also as part of a computing platform. This is about as conducive as writing an article that says "Windows destroys OSX" - that's certainly an opinion and not news story language. Be specific.
Clearly I am not suggesting you don't report news from both sides are that you are anti-this or anti-that. Obviously, you posted an article showing Snow Leopard to be faster than Windows in many benchmarks. My point is only to say that recently, the number of snarky articles/phrasing has really increased, particularly with a biased negativity towards Apple.
Ironically, this has been from Marcus Yam, who was originally crucified on these boards as an Apple fanboy, and an article had to be posted on this. Now it seems as if in defense, he needs to post every Apple article with a dash of negativity so as to avoid be ripped apart here. How about just posting the news objectively? I am seriously sick of reading news articles that are clearly written with a dash of negative sarcasm or snakiness. It's highly unprofessional. Let the readers and commentators be the snarky and biased ones.