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Head TechCruncher Michael Arrington noted three separate times on Twitter today that TechCrunch had "broken" the AOL buys Bebo news last month. Then he zings BoomTown's Kara Swisher, who'd dismissed the rumors earlier: "hmm didn't someone say Bebo wasn't for sale? http://tinyurl.com/2t5mch" That's great, Michael, but don't break your arm patting yourself on the back. You might need it to write more Twitters. It's also worth noting that Eric Eldon at VentureBeat broke the Bebo story months before Arrington's "exclusive" when he reported that Bebo had hired a bank. See Arrington's entire Twitterpated output below:
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in other news: nobody cares.
A great example of throwing a "story" out on a tip that is barely enough information to throw and article around (AOL was in his list of "potential other buyers"), and then claiming credit for "breaking" the story.
Expect another headline later today "Definitely Happening: Sources Say Obama Will Claim Democratic Nomination." You heard it here first, folks.
With a writer like Duncan Riley, how can TechCrunch not be taken seriously?
hell mashable broke it before techcrunch did. I really couldnt care less though
i will give him a break because it's his birthday today. But only one day.
Jordon, your posts go past "whiney", straight into "little girl, bitchin"
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