I think you're missing the point - the reason why Arrington/TechCrunch became popular was because Michael worked his ass off to make sure that he broke tech new

I think you're missing the point - the reason why Arrington/TechCrunch became popular was because Michael worked his ass off to make sure that he broke tech news in his niche. He paid his dues and now he's reaping the rewards from it. There are a lot of other bloggers who do "me too" reporting it seems, who essentially regurgitate everything they read off other sites. I'm all for competition, I welcome the day when someone takes Arrington down a few notches - but unless people are prepared to spend the time to do the hard work, then they get absolutely no sympathy from me when they're not getting the audience that they would have liked. You may not like the man, but you have to at least respect that he works harder than most, which is why he's at the top of the heap. Thats my 2 cents.