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No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Being generous, this is slightly above despicable behavior. Both Arrington and Siegler left TC because of their involvement in

No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Being generous, this is slightly above despicable behavior. Both Arrington and Siegler left TC because of their involvement in the CrunchFund and the obvious conflicts of interest that arise when you report on companies you invest in. Neither of them have abandoned any duties at CrunchFund. AOL and TC have blatantly tried to mislead the public by initially dismissing them and then rehiring them after the hoopla has toned down. Furthermore, the only lip service they give to this possible conflict of interests is a pandering platitude designed to shove the issue under the rug. And I guess if you complain you aren't smart enough to tell the difference between a shill and a journalist? [1] This is deception bordering on fraud, as I have no doubt whatsoever that AOL/TC/Arrington/Siegler will now use this new platform to make more money via the Crunch Fund. It's sickening to imagine the adults in charge could have ever assumed this would be even close to a good idea. [1] ("we also believe our readers are smart enough to put these columns into context") Edit: Am I being too much of a conspiracy theorist to notice this was announced around the same time as the iPad Mini was announced?

vidarh 14y ago
> Both Arrington and Siegler left TC because of their involvement in the CrunchFund and the obvious conflicts of interest that arise when you report on companies you invest in Uhm. Mike wrote about companies he had interest in in TC from the very beginning, with various levels of attention to disclaimers about it. AOL as the corporate parent in TC is an investor in CrunchFund, so it's not like Mike and Sieglers absence from TC has somehow meant that AOL hasn't had an interest in TC writing favorably about the same companies as the two of them either. I don't see how this actually materially changes anything. You're free to dislike that. They're free to write. You don't need to pay attention to the,.

vidarh 14y ago

> Both Arrington and Siegler left TC because of their involvement in the CrunchFund and the obvious conflicts of interest that arise when you report on companies you invest in Uhm. Mike wrote about companies he had interest in in TC from the very beginning, with various levels of attention to disclaimers about it. AOL as the corporate parent in TC is an investor in CrunchFund, so it's not like Mike and Sieglers absence from TC has somehow meant that AOL hasn't had an interest in TC writing favorably about the same companies as the two of them either. I don't see how this actually materially changes anything. You're free to dislike that. They're free to write. You don't need to pay attention to the,.