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I'm assuming TechCrunch contacted Mr Newhouse to verify that he wrote that HN response, so he did tell TechCrunch. It would be a bigger journalistic problem if
by labrador 10y ago
I'm assuming TechCrunch contacted Mr Newhouse to verify that he wrote that HN response, so he did tell TechCrunch. It would be a bigger journalistic problem if they didn't verify with Mr Newhouse and just took text from some commenter purporting to be Mr Newhouse.
- vmasto 10y agoIt still doesn't count as "told TechCrunch".
- recursive 10y agoWould it count if he then repeated the words as well? What are you looking for ?
- Dylan16807 10y ago> What are you looking for ? Probably for TechCrunch to use a term like "said" instead of involving themselves after the fact.
- maroonblazer 10y agoOr that he gave that statement to TechCrunch prior to posting it on HN. It appears there's just a 3 hour time difference between his HN post and the TC story being published.