TechCrunch’s Michael A
rrington mounted his high horse again today in a piece called “Why you should confess everything before you get caught.” In it, he calls out InfoWorld’s apology on account of one of its writers who misrepresented his identity.
As laughable as Arrington’s horn tooting was, he goes on to qualify his not disclosing the name of the company that traded former TechCrunch writer (not intern) Daniel Brusilovsky a laptop for press by saying they were “the victims of this whole thing.”
Allow us to get on our horse.
The victims were your readers, who were fed a bunch of shit about a company they didn’t need to hear about. It reflected poorly on the company that paid for its publicity; it reflected poorly on the kid; it reflected poorly on TechCrunch; and it reflected poorly on you, Arrington for having something like that happen under your watch.
Plain and simply, Arrington is protecting a company that bribed a member of his organization.
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