How would you feel if Arrington failed to cover your tech startup (even though you are getting other coverage) and you found out he was heavily invested in your

How would you feel if Arrington failed to cover your tech startup (even though you are getting other coverage) and you found out he was heavily invested in your competitor. It isn't likely to be about what he writes as much as about what he doesn't write. Nobody is suggesting he shouldn't be allowed to invest. The question is how much investing in the companies he is covering will cause problems. The fact that AOL is saying nobody else gets to do it implies they tend to think it will cause problems. The most interesting twist to this, though, is that there is a lot of potential value from Arrington being directly in the game instead of watching it. But to brush it off and say there is no potential for significant abuse here is naive, IMO. EDIT: One other thing, we aren't talking about some writer at TechCrunch. We are talking about the guy to drives it. That also colors it significantly, and not in nice hues of rose.