Arrington simply cannot resist making this about himself in some minor way. It's like honey to the bears.<p>As said in the other thread (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3925359" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3925359</a>) the man has to go, as clear cut as Hurd at HP. Starting of with a breach of ethics like this doesn't bode well for the future or to instill any sense of morale, values or professional ethics in the troops.
Not only that - he snatched this year's Nobel Prize for Blogging:<p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarrington#profile-honorsawards" rel="nofollow">http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarrington#profile-honorsaw...</a><p>I have to congratulate Michael Arrington for being such an accomplished prankster...<p>Congratulations, Mike.
<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/arrington/status/198246681232420864" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/#!/arrington/status/198246681232420864</a><p>Arrington is practicing his own form of "gonzo journalism", without the style of Hunter S. Thompson (that is to say, without any style).<p>I'm surprised anyone even cares.
Apparently he's sharing the position with Andrew Baron.<p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rocketboom" rel="nofollow">http://www.linkedin.com/in/rocketboom</a>