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Apparently, this blog author has been ousted as "bribed by Microsoft for secret advertising disguised in posts" There has been a lot "google search sucks" subm
by zengeek 16y ago
Apparently, this blog author has been ousted as "bribed by Microsoft for secret advertising disguised in posts"
There has been a lot "google search sucks" submission from Techcrunch lately. This was starting to feel a little weird. So I googled "Michael Arrington Microsoft" and got this :
http://techrights.org/2010/02/07/michael-arrington-microsoft-bribes/ http://techrights.org/2010/02/07/michael-arrington-microsoft...
Are people aware of this ? is it old news ? Is HN being spammed ?
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- zengeek 16y agoHopefully you are right. Yet, upvoters may not realised that a submission is not fair and balanced.
- ugh 16y agoArrington was paid to appear in a Microsoft ad. Journalists usually don’t endorse companies or appear in their ads, especially if the also write about said companies. That’s ethically questionable behavior but certainly not bribery. It has also no relation to the submitted article. (I like how the author of the article you are linking to describes an interview with Ballmer as “spoke to Ballmer 4 months ago” which sounds much more suspect, especially considering the context. He certainly has a way with words.)
- itg 16y agoThere's a lot of "google search sucks" lately because google search sucks. I would also be wary of techrights.org when it comes to regarding anything Microsoft.
- benologist 16y agoHeh that's Roy Schestowitz, I can remember him flooding Digg years ago. Nobody's certain if he's really a particularly hardcore anti-Microsoft troll or if he's actually paid by Microsoft because he's so ridiculously zealous it reflects poorly on everyone else.