That's how you know it's a company run by bad people.

I think it is instead a bad company that runs people. Just because C/Net tends to attract morally ambiguous people who have no qualms twisting the facts to suit their marketing/business campaigns is a side effect of their mission statement, "As leading destinations for the information and entertainment people crave(1), we don't just support lifestyles – we help define them(2)." via http://www.cbsinteractive.com/company_info.php

NOTE: They are in the CBS Interactive brand portfolio.

(1) Meaning media=software downloads for Downloads.com

(2) Through bundling malware which customers wouldn't intentionally install otherwise.

It's the result of actual people making decisions about what to say.