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Leaving existing stories in place isn't in any way dangerous to Arrington. They aren't either "unfounded allegations" nor hearsay. They may cause others to make
by ojbyrne 17y ago
Leaving existing stories in place isn't in any way dangerous to Arrington. They aren't either "unfounded allegations" nor hearsay. They may cause others to make unfounded allegations or rely on them as hearsay, but those are mistakes for others to make.
On the second point, Arrington said that the person in question had accepted gifts for publishing stories in the past. So that's not "potential" - at least one of the companies mentioned actually bribed him.
- petercooper 17y agoI was referring to his vague commenting on the issue, rather than the removal of stories - so I've amended my post to be a little clearer. But still.. surely pulling all of the stories off was a good move if, as you say, one/all/any of the stories posted by Daniel was payola of sorts. TechCrunch stories are woefully ephemeral, so pulling old stories off is just too easy. 99% of their value has been extracted, so it's easier for him, I guess, to just make it all go away.