{"id":2421,"date":"2008-05-14T10:36:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T14:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2008-05-14T10:36:59","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T14:36:59","slug":"arrington-and-wired-keyboards-at-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/05\/14\/arrington-and-wired-keyboards-at-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrington and Wired: Keyboards at dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know everyone is tsk-tsk-ing and waggling their forefingers disapprovingly at Mike Arrington for his response<\/a> to Wired magazine’s drive-by blog attack<\/a> on TechCrunch and its Washington Post partnership, but I for one am quite enjoying it. I actually thought Mike was pretty restrained in his latest post — and for what it’s worth, I took his Twitter message saying “eff you” to Wired as largely a joke (and apparently one fueled by drinks at the Time 100 party). <\/p>\n

For whatever reason, Betsy Schiffman (who as far as I can tell used to be a Forbes real estate writer, and before that was at Associated Press) either has a grudge of some kind or has been implicitly or explicitly told to go after TechCrunch. I mean, come on: a “Butt Munch” category? As far as I can tell, the category applies specifically to Arrington — and Dylan Tweney of Epicenter has effectively confirmed that<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In any case, the Washington Post thing was totally offside, especially since Epicenter is clearly a competitor to TechCrunch. In my view, it was a mean-spirited jab, and I don’t blame Mike for responding the way he did. As far as I can tell, opinion seems split<\/a> on whether it’s Mike’s fault for escalating things or whether Wired was in the wrong — and some people seem to be voting for both<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I know everyone is tsk-tsk-ing and waggling their forefingers disapprovingly at Mike Arrington for his response to Wired magazine’s drive-by blog attack on TechCrunch and its Washington Post partnership, but I for one am quite enjoying it. I actually thought Mike was pretty restrained in his latest post — and for what it’s worth, I … <\/p>\n

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