Comments on: TechCrunch Gets into Copy and Paste Press Release Journalism

By: Michael Arrington Uses Journalism as Excuse to Rid Himself of Shitty Investments : The Drama 2.0 Show

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:08:18 +0000

[...] It’s a touchy subject. After all, Arrington has admitted that conflicts of interest are integral to TechCrunch, he informed his readers that he donated money to a charity that, to the best of my knowledge, still doesn’t legally exist, claims have been made about how his personal relationships impact coverage and, of course, TechCrunch has been caught engaging in suspicious-looking copy-and-paste press release journalism. [...]

By: Circle of Moms Participates in a Circle Jerk with Bloggers : The Drama 2.0 Show

Circle of Moms Participates in a Circle Jerk with Bloggers : The Drama 2.0 Show — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:16:56 +0000

[...] that this isn’t a one-time orgy, I’ll quote George Carlin: Whoever coined the term “Let the Buyer [...]

By: Mashable Takes the BiztechDay Bait, Shills with Promotional Text Provided by BiztechDay : The Drama 2.0 Show

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:47:05 +0000

[...] line: this incident is yet another example of the shoddy, lazy and ethically-questionable “journalism” that appears to be [...]

By: WinExtra » From the Pipeline – 6.24.08

WinExtra » From the Pipeline – 6.24.08 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:51:20 +0000

[...] TechCrunch Gets into Copy and Paste Press Release Journalism :: Drama 2.0 – some rather interesting questions being asked over a recent post at TechCrunch about a new Web 2.0 service [...]

By: Deva Hazarika

Deva Hazarika — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:19:44 +0000

This looks quite familiar: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/22/awesome-highlighter-isawesome/