Michael Arrington: Editorial Independence
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Michael Arrington: Editorial Independence
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#3I'd like to see mass exodus of writers and creating their own brand new site. Sounds familiar.
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#4It's called "selling out" for a reason. If Michael Arrington is genuinely surprised that an acquirer is not holding to the sweet, sweet promises it made him at acquisition time, then he has no business being a tech journalist.
The correct time for this kind of acute episode of journalistic integrity was before cashing the AOL check, not after. He was under no pressure to relinquish his independence.
More likely he sees an opportunity to head for the exit with at least one suitcase still full of money.
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#5I wonder how much of this whole brouhaha was staged.
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#6This makes me suspect that Arrington is one of those people who every now and then digs in his heels and has a complete inability to see things from his opponent's point of view. For example, here he does not even bother to address what seems to me to be the central issue (journalistic conflict of interest).
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#7I'd like to see mass exodus of writers and creating their own brand new site. Sounds familiar.
I could see MG Siegler joining Thisismynext/The Verge.
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#8So presumably this includes the possibility of writing 100% positive articles on CrunchFund funded companies and 100% negative articles on their competitors....
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#9This makes me suspect that Arrington is one of those people who every now and then digs in his heels and has a complete inability to see things from his opponent's point of view. For example, here he does not even bother to address what seems to me to be the central issue (journalistic conflict of interest).
It's obvious that he has certain limits to his personal competence like us all and is unable to either seek or comprehend third-party advice once he's past the point of no return. This is not the first time that we've seen his personal drama detailed in public and it really detracts from the brand. Off the top of my head I'll cite the tablet project, Airbnb debacle, Calacanis just name a few.
If Aol is listening they need to put distance between themselves and Arrington, not get closer.
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#10This makes me suspect that Arrington is one of those people who every now and then digs in his heels and has a complete inability to see things from his opponent's point of view. For example, here he does not even bother to address what seems to me to be the central issue (journalistic conflict of interest).
You seem to think this is AOL enforcing journalistic standards. Try reading the whole saga again. The blowtorch that ignited this wasn't CrunchFund itself (which AOL backed), but AOL CEO Tim Armstrong (NOT Arrington) disclaiming journalistic integrity:
“TechCrunch is a different property and they have different standards… we have a traditional understanding of journalism with the exception of TechCrunch.”
This is a disaster of AOL's making, not Arrington's.