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Arrington is the future of what we used to call journalism

• larrys 15y ago
  "Mike is and always has been a Source that Goes Direct. You can say whatever you want about his personality, I don't think that's particularly relevant (and I speak as someone who has been blasted personally and publicly by Mike). There's no doubt that he has access to ideas and information that the rest of us want, with or without conflicts." I think this hits it on the head. "access to ideas and information" Ultimately, conflict or not, the question is, is an Arrington, Wilson or Cuban giving us information that they correctly believe and benefit by. The fact that they stand to gain is not relevant. Actually that they stand to gain and lose is what's important. A "journalist" has conflicts and stands to gain personally. But they don't have the same downside that someone who believes in an idea and invests in it does.