Live by the pageview, die by the pageview. I can't figure out why you are all so surprised. Is this really the site of A/B testing to figure out which shade of

Live by the pageview, die by the pageview. I can't figure out why you are all so surprised. Is this really the site of A/B testing to figure out which shade of ochre maximizes your Web INF.0 conversion rates or not? The site where tax evasion is OK as long as it's legal? Ars isn't going to see a pageview goldmine like this come again for a long time, so as long as the reporting is accurate then I see no reason why they shouldn't take advantage, especially since Greenwald and WaPo are doing the muckraking anyways. Ars doesn't have an exclusivity deal with Snowden so they're doing the smart thing by reporting on what they do have exclusivity about.