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I agree that Valleywag was more neutral, but I disagree that the quality of Valleywag has gone up. Does anyone remember the old Owen Thomas/Nick Denton era of Valleywag, when they would actually get insider scoops? Sam Biddle and Nitasha Tiku are nothing more than glorified repost kids trying to squeeze out pageviews.

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Sam Biddle and Nitasha Tiku are nothing more than glorified repost kids trying to squeeze out pageviews.

Agreed, to say nothing of the extreme left-wing bias that they bring to the table - wealth is automatically bad and suspect; startups are toxic, evil, and sexist; business needs to get out of San Francisco which would otherwise be a prosperous socialist paradise ...

It's getting harder and harder to read it on a full stomach.

I consider it performance art.

It's the legions of +1 commenters that are depressing.

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