This is standard operating procedure at many social news sites. People are constantly making quotes out of some idea they've inferred from an article. I'd say

This is standard operating procedure at many social news sites. People are constantly making quotes out of some idea they've inferred from an article. I'd say that puts Arrington at about the level of a particularly slimy Digg or Reddit submitter. That said, it's a serious problem that the social sites don't crack down on enough. Submitters who engage in such practices should simply be banned as soon as it is discovered that a quote in their title is made up.