I don’t think Duncan’s attack was illuminating at all, and for me the c* word is pretty much inappropriate in all all contexts and certainly it was nasty here.

This episode will change the way I read Duncan’s stuff at TechCrunch and not for the better.

i have a different point of view. to me, this “traditional journalism versus blogging” debate is no longer relevant. simply put, if the stuff is good, people will read it. if it’s garbage or filled with invective and cheap shots, people will go elsewhere. i didn’t find riley’s post illuminating at all. if his resort to the “C” word was supposed to establish his tough guy bonafides, they failed. it was just nasty stuff. his credibility suffers enormously when he tears into people like that.