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Are you attributing Techcrunch's success to Arrington's style? In other words, are you saying it's necessary to interject drama, shaky ethics, idiocy, and quest
by jarek 15y ago
Are you attributing Techcrunch's success to Arrington's style? In other words, are you saying it's necessary to interject drama, shaky ethics, idiocy, and questionable sources when reporting on the startup world to be successful? That doesn't seem very flattering to the startup world.
- nl 15y agoNo, I'm disagreeing that he does those things (except perhaps for the questionable sources). I think he reports things that happen, and sometimes those things include drama. Take AngleGate. Was that "injecting drama", or was it reporting an important story? There are lots of things I don't like about TechCrunch (MG's Apple fanboism, Erick's tendency to see everything as a zero-sum game), but I think the hate isn't constructive and goes way too far. As for shaky ethics, idiocy - I think that blogging isn't the same as print media, and the ethics are different to what print media's are. I'm not sure Arrington has them right yet, but I do think there should be a way for him to be a player and still report and offer analysis.