Last I checked, TechCrunch is not a definitive indicator of local innovation and entrepreneurship. It's a blog. They don't heavily cover lots of places. That's not the point.

Yadda, yadda, "Go Detroit," etc., but what are you talking about? Maybe you should encourage more Detroit and Ann Arbor startups to send their press releases to TC. PR effort is likely more correlated with your exposure than Detroit being the victim of ignorant blogging.

For the record, I've done startups in Ann Arbor and Detroit. It is getting better, but playing the victim isn't going to help.