>> Sooner or later Valleywag will write something particularly informative or amusing and Hacker News readers will miss out. In my opinion, if the news is real

>> Sooner or later Valleywag will write something particularly informative or amusing and Hacker News readers will miss out. In my opinion, if the news is really worthwhile, it will come to the readers regardless. The news will still travel through one channel or the other, but yes, the readers may just miss out on an opinon (Valleywag's).