Yah I followed the links all the way through to the original anecdotal post made by Dr. Bob Dean aka Savelife. Its neat, but I don't put much stock in it. I mean, this is exactly what I said, an anecdote. Even as detailed as savelife's post was, this was something done amongst a group of people under conditions that none of us are really aware of.
I'm not saying its not possible, but I am saying that this type of experiment would be far more convincing were it undertaken more seriously. With detailed information, and measurements to go with the individual accounts of each person involved in the testing.
As far as Engadget, BoingBoing, and the Consumerist are concerned however, I have to say they're a little late on the draw. That post happened in 2004, and four years later these guys are giving it minimal coverage and are more or less regurgitating a synopsis of what was written 4 years ago. The point? Just mentioning Monster and Cables in any CE website/blog/forum elicits interest and generates dicussion, meanwhile the ads these sites run are getting their fair share of exposure.
Either way, other then to harp on these other sites for making headlines without any worthwhile substance to follow it up, I'd say that this is a relatively boring news day.