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How does this make TechCrunch less credible? Credibility means publishing false information, this only shows how much startups value TC coverage. I see this as
by abbasmehdi 15y ago
How does this make TechCrunch less credible? Credibility means publishing false information, this only shows how much startups value TC coverage. I see this as VB taking a desperate shot at a competitor.
If the author is trying to imply that TC gives coverage to companies that don't deserve to be covered, then that still does not make the coverage less credible, rather it makes the coverage irrelevant.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoDo you feel that favoritism, neutrality and bias are completely isolated and insulated from concerns of credibility?
- abbasmehdi 15y agoFirstly, this is not investagitive journalism. It's mere information. Secondly, if a news source reported everything there is to know, then there would be just one news source. Given the time/spatial constraints not everything that needs to be reported gets reported by a news source. In order to stay relevant, most sources want to be the first to report. If they can also sign exclusivity, then what better deal than that. They promise they will say something, not what they will say.
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- abbasmehdi 15y agohaha! They VB pulled the article, guess they realized how foolish they looked, and how they were reporting on their own losses.
- ajaycancherla 15y agoI strongly disagree. If they are indeed giving coverage to companies that do not deserve to be covered then that calls into question their credibility entirely.
- jen_h 15y agoBut how does a pushy email from a founder prove this in any way? Doesn't call TechCrunch's credibility into question at all. (Also, check the update on the original article--the email was apparently sent to VB, not an accidental TC misaddress.)
- rhizome 15y agoThen again, most of the world is an old-boys club where credibility is secondary to social capital.
- abbasmehdi 15y agoDefine "deserve to be covered". Hint: Every publication has it's own criteria.