Crazy weird to me that you think that. Some of the most respected institutions in journalism are cratering --- when the NYT screws up, people make movies about it --- and what we're left with are the agile, light-weight, utterly unmoored web news outlets.

If we ran politics here, I'd be giving you the same rant about HuffPo and RCP.

But we run tech and entrepreneurship here, and if things break the wrong way for us (and him, I guess), Michael Arrington could be the next Robert Moses.

There goes the realest mofo on this forum.

People don't see this is what we're trading real journalism for. Diva bloggers that have to be kissed up to.

I find most news coverage to be lacking incisive commentary, regardless of the source#. Personalities in that news coverage aren't relevant, and paying attention to personal dramas (especially in cases like this - a simple misunderstanding largely caused by the medium) is even less important.

I think the way to make today's tech bloggers better is to pay attention to the stories and reporting that matters. Besides voting with our clicks, there is little else we can do to influence the market.

# edit: I think this means news is largely fungible. That's why there are so many social filters like twitter and tumblr and HN. Your peers voting on content is a better way to filter than tracking a reputable source.