Re: louisgray.com: Why the Embargo Process Is Broken and Why We Still Need It

August 20 2008, 8:24am

If history is any indication then I am given to assume that people are, as usual, pissed off at TechCrunch for scooping them yet again... which gets real old. (possibly PaidContent as well) Especially when the majority of the people complaining are nowhere near the same league as TC... regardless of how much we/you may respect the people you mentioned above Marshall is the only person who is in any position to lay claim to the title of "TechCrunch competition" .... and his story was broken by mainstream media, not another blog... so there, now that the cat is finally out of the bag let's talk about why TC gets privileges over other blogs and what those blogs can do to rise to the level of authority that Mike has earned over the years. (Not saying the history of TC is squeaky clean or anything, but there is no arguing the fact that TC is the be all end all of Web 2.0 blogging. It just is.)*P.S.: I should NOT have used the phrase "we all KNOW..." .. i should have said, "we are all thinking the same thing". Again, it's assumptive on my part but my assumptions tend to favor reality... so I went ahead and said it... TechCrunch is the only blog that is ever really able to whip so many people into such a frenzy anyway... lol. All it does is underscore the importance of what Mike has built. Not saying it's fair or right or anything (or that it's not)... just saying that's how it is.UPDATE: P.S. Kudos for admitting "we still need it"... yesterday I was getting real annoyed at my twitter stream and the deluge of bloggers yammering on about the embargo (As though this "trend" is something new) ... they come off as less than professional... that's jsut my opinion...