So presumably this includes the possibility of writing 100% positive articles on CrunchFund funded companies and 100% negative articles on their competitors....
NBC is owned by GE, that doesn't restrict NBC Nightly News from reporting on the weapons made by GE that were used by and against Libyan rebels. I understand the levels of separation are a lot deeper with GE/NBC, but as long as full disclosure is given about his relationship with Crunchfund companies I don't see a huge ethical problem.
That said, I really don't see why Arrington would want to try wearing both hats. It brings a huge magnifying glass onto the bias in his articles, and possibly the articles of all those at TechCrunch.
Is TechCrunch promising to always give full disclosure? The earlier articles this morning seemed to be very upset that anyone would think they need to do something like this, something so "old media" like.
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So presumably this includes the possibility of writing 100% positive articles on CrunchFund funded companies and 100% negative articles on their competitors....
NBC is owned by GE, that doesn't restrict NBC Nightly News from reporting on the weapons made by GE that were used by and against Libyan rebels. I understand the levels of separation are a lot deeper with GE/NBC, but as long as full disclosure is given about his relationship with Crunchfund companies I don't see a huge ethical problem.
That said, I really don't see why Arrington would want to try wearing both hats. It brings a huge magnifying glass onto the bias in his articles, and possibly the articles of all those at TechCrunch.
A more apt comparison is a GE board member working as a NBC reporter.
I bet NBC Nightly News has a fairly rigorous and well-defined code of ethics.
Yup, but "code of ethics" means:
A set of "rules" that sounds good to outsiders but lets insiders do what they want.
Most "code of ethics" make it easy for insiders to call outsiders "unethical" for doing things that insiders do.
For example, "journalists" are allowed to make up quotes. Outsiders aren't.
Is TechCrunch promising to always give full disclosure? The earlier articles this morning seemed to be very upset that anyone would think they need to do something like this, something so "old media" like.