CNET’s reviews editor Lindsey Turrentine published a statement Monday early evening explaining from her perspective the ongoing editorial scandal engulfing the website and its corporate parent CBS. In the account, Turrentine apologizes to readers and explains how CBS ordered CNET to remove from its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) awards consideration the “Hopper with Sling” DVR device by DISH, with whom CBS is locked in a lawsuit, after CNET staffers had already voted it the best in show. Turrentine’s statement largely verifies an early report on the timeline of events from rival tech site The Verge. As Turrentine wrote in part:
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