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Comment by ericboggs | Hacker News Reader

Oh my. Some of those comments are comedy gold.

That said - I'm a bit dubious of the TechCruch Peanut Gallery's role in the departure. Surely Skype did their reference homework before hiring the guy...

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Maybe - but maybe not. People fall through the cracks. Dilbert is based on a little bit of reality...

Judging by the TC comments, it sounds like this guy strategically immunized himself from criticism, up until the dam burst.

I'm not as dubious. Unlike someone's random blog entry, the NYT does do fact-checking, and had at least one source they deemed reliable, as per TFA: "The comments caught the attention of Skype executives who became concerned about their new hire, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak with the press."

Sorry, but the NYT does not do fact checking for their articles or blog posts. The New York Times Magazine factchecks their long feature stories, but that's it.

This is extremely shocking to find out when you personally know the facts of a situation they're covering. It would be funny if not for the damage.

Yes they fact checked the story about WMD's all right. - http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/features/9226/

I usually find that random blogs online are far more truthful and clueful than the mainstream press.

Here and there, sure. Be wary of confirmation bias.

Seriously...I didn't read this article originally, but now looking at the comments--wow. He got raked over the coals. Must be a great guy to have so a motivated fan base.

Anybody can have a psychotic stalker. Nothing on that TechCrunch comment page is actionable and HN doesn't acquit itself well by linking to it.

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