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Why do people get so excited over Arrington? Seriously, why do we hackers have to read about a lawyer-turned-blogger, his poor journalistic practices, his faile
by jwr 16y ago
Why do people get so excited over Arrington? Seriously, why do we hackers have to read about a lawyer-turned-blogger, his poor journalistic practices, his failed enterprises, his likes and dislikes?
TechCrunch is the tabloid version of tech news. Apart from the drama factor (same as for tabloids), I just don't see how it is relevant to make it to the top of Hacker News so often.
- darwinGod 16y agoAdding to Arrington's likes and dislikes- and having read that "timeline", I felt that it missed out on a lot of things: a)when Arrington got out of bed today, what was the startup he was thinking about? Was he thinking of the same startup,or a different startup in the loo? b)What did he eat for breakfast today? c)What does he intend to have for lunch? Everyone on HN MUST know these things! I mean EVERYONE.
- protomyth 16y agoValleywag was probably a little more qualified to be called tabloid tech news.
- cletus 16y agoTechCrunch is neither a traditional news organization nor a tabloid. It really is a blog and practices what I heard Jeff Jarvis call "process journalism": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-jarvis/product-v-process-journal_b_212325.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-jarvis/product-v-process-... Basically he sometimes just throws something out there (eg angelgate) and sees what sticks. Sometimes he gets stuff right and sometimes he gets stuff wrong. Like it or not, TechCrunch is important in the startup world. Integrity is important in both the startup world and as a blogger/journalist.