> Siegler repeats the classic Arrington line that sometimes we criticize our “friends,” but that’s all part of the show. It is, and always has been the veil of legitimacy TechCrunch has traded on. But I know that at my time at TechCrunch, biting friends was only ever ordered, and only when what they were doing was so blatantly bad it needed calling out.
> TechCrunch has never ever once had editorial independence. What Arrington means by independence is he calls the shots. That’s not real independence.
If that's true, TechCrunch basically has zero journalistic integrity and is a puppet rag. Can anyone credible substantiate or dispute this?
> TechCrunch has never ever once had editorial independence. What Arrington means by independence is he calls the shots. That’s not real independence.
If that's true, TechCrunch basically has zero journalistic integrity and is a puppet rag. Can anyone credible substantiate or dispute this?