The New York Times has actual quotes from Arrington and Tim Armstrong: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/technology/michael-arringt...

Arrington: 'I don’t claim to be a journalist,' Mr. Arrington said, though he breaks news and writes prolifically. 'I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure.'

Armstrong (could have been more careful with his phrasing): 'TechCrunch is a different property and they have different standards', said Tim Armstrong, chief executive of AOL, in an interview. 'We have a traditional understanding of journalism with the exception of TechCrunch, which is different but is transparent about it.'