I think there is a lot of value in having one go-to site for exclusive news about start ups and tech companies. TechCrunch's chokehold on tech news does not bot

I think there is a lot of value in having one go-to site for exclusive news about start ups and tech companies. TechCrunch's chokehold on tech news does not bother me. They are the master of breaking tech news and that makes it easy for me to find breaking tech news. Plus they have great bloggers who are actually good writers and story tellers. I disagree with Fred Wilson though that their value stems from their 'fuck you attitude'. Conversely, I think this attitude has proven bad for the site. Too much bickering, anger, pettiness, and one-upsmanship pervades the site these days. Maybe this passion and emotion is what propels their bloggers to break stories and get the story right, but why does it need to spillover into a bunch of personal sniping and blog posts which are incoherent or lacking in context?