<< Yeh its not like theyre BIASed or anything against ecommerce or Dotcoms in general...
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They may very well be, but they do report on nondotcoms. I think that the dotcom failures are just more evident to the average Joe. How many people would know if a B&M hardware store in Hillsdale closed?
It also could be a knee-jerk reaction to all the Ooooohs and Aaaaas that dotcoms generated not so long ago.