I actually found this specific Tech Report article to be more restrained in terms of their Intel criticism then some of their other ones. They did take time to give a nod to the power consumption being finally competitive with the FX60 and to the 965EE's overclocking potential which is what people buying that processor would want anyways.
They're probably covering their backs in case Conroe turns out to perform as advertised.
Certainly this statement isn't AMD biased:
Given what Intel's 65nm fab process has been able to do for the Extreme Edition 965, AMD may have one heck of a fight on its hands if the upcoming Core microarchitecture is anywhere near reasonably competent.
Seems Intel only needs to be "reasonably competent" now to be competitive.