you are reading for too much into this. most bloggers barely have time to get stories out, let alone sit around and think up conspiracies each writer at TC has

you are reading for too much into this. most bloggers barely have time to get stories out, let alone sit around and think up conspiracies each writer at TC has independence to say what they want, and it is ingrained in the writers there to say whatever you want, so in this case Alexia though 'no this doesn't seem right' and instead of keeping quiet like 95% of other sites, she published it arrington is famous for this, he has published lawsuits, internal emails after being asked not to, the emails where he is being asked not to - so I don't know why it is now a surprise or conspiracy when TC keeps doing it tbf, most people at techcrunch couldn't give a fuck if the other AOL blogs or properties are getting traffic (disc: i worked at tc for 4 years)