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This kind of reporting is extremely, extremely dangerous. I'm all for this kind of rumor-mill stuff, but, when placed on a site that's supposed to exist as a ne
by InfinityX0 16y ago
This kind of reporting is extremely, extremely dangerous. I'm all for this kind of rumor-mill stuff, but, when placed on a site that's supposed to exist as a newscenter, the lines can become incorrectly, and dangerously, crossed.
I'm not sure if it's the traffic success of Angelgate or what, but this kind of rumor-mill junction is the type of libel that can drop stock prices and damage the PR of a company - without any real facts. And that's obviously wrong. That we allow million dollar swings to occur because of one man's reputation for fact alone is an absolute joke, and one that shouldn't be stood for. If Arrington wants to run a tech gossip site, run it. But don't run it on a site that's meant for news - and occasionally, opinionative blog posts that clearly define themselves as such. And definitely, don't run it as fact - with a "this is absolute truth" headline - without the substantive evidence to back it up.
It's irresponsible. And irresponsible is a rather tame way to describe it.
- brown9-2 16y agoTechcrunch has seemed like a place for rumors and opinions for as long as I've been aware of it. Are we reading two different sites?