Let's not get into name-calling. I think HN usually agrees that despite his personality Arrington did definitely have the skills and contacts it took to "rise to the top" and carve out a niche for himself. If we choose to disagree with how he's using that advantage, we should come up with better and more constructive criticisms, perhaps discussions on how to ensure that publications like TC don't monopolize the tech journalism market at least in the Silicon Valley (people often forget how much of an echo chamber the Valley produces, even more so because of how closely everyone is connected through Twitter/Facebook/Google+ etc.).