TechCrunch, WIRED Go to War by Post Deal

May 14, 2008 · Print This Article

Stay tuned for more. So F.U. Yes, he invests in startups and additionally writes about them, but it’s OK considering he fully discloses all the details. So next Schiffman contacted the Washington Post’s ombudsman to state, in outcome, are TechCrunch’s posts up to Washington Post standards? In a nutshell, Schiffman’s view is: What’s a legendary newspaper like the Washington Post (they broke the Watergate story, for

example) doing in bed with a ethically challenged blog like TechCrunch. that isn’t by.

(Schiffman characterized TechCrunch as a blog “written by a dude who invests in the companies he writes about.”) Arrington’s response is: WTF?

TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington BLASTED Wired Magazine blogger Betsy Schiffman’s SWIPE at TechCrunch’s recently detailed syndication deal with the Washington Post newspaper.

[Source] Mike

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