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Wired Called Our AirGradient Monitor 'Not Recommended' over a Broken Display


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This response encapsulates many things wrong with the current state of tech journalism: recommendations that affect livelihoods and purchasing decisions are treated as just deadlines to meet, not as professional evaluations that deserve rigorous methodology and meaningful dialogue. We’ve escalated our concerns to WIRED’s editorial leadership—not seeking special treatment or demanding apologies, but asking for the consistent, professional evaluation that consumers deserve when making decisions about their health and indoor environment. Every time we let poor methodology slide, we’re accepting a world where marketing budgets matter more than product quality, where personal preferences get presented as expert evaluation, and where the companies trying to do right by their communities get penalized for it.

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