Nobody Cares What Michael Arrington And AOL Does

Harsher than it probably should be but it's hard to dispute his points. The only unfair criticism that I see is the GigaOm thing (I don't disagree with his point but GigaOm's basically a Freemium business model with the consulting acting as the top tier plan).

But the truth is the standards are low because the stakes are also pretty low. When we talk about startups that TechCrunch and others cover we're generally talking about consumer products. Cool things you can do with photos or a niffty new Twitter client.

This isn't War or Famine. No one in the Valley can launch a nuclear bomb. So if a writer has the talent it has become common place to over look indiscretions and honestly I'm not sure I have a problem with that.

Completely off topic, but

  > Their are also marketers who [...], and their are celebrity investors who [...]

the OP should have a look at http://www.theretheyretheir.com/

I like Arrington. Because he happens to be an ass like moì. I like

Red herring article. And C-Net didn't make up the story.

Nobody cares what Brandon Mendelson thinks