On TechCrunch, he plays the role of journalist and I think he did the right thing by pointing out that some developers are in denial.
As a writer for TechCrunch, unless Arrington promised "favorable" treatment to Seesmic, I see absolutely nothing wrong in him criticizing Seesmic based on publicly available information.
If Seesmic didn't want to be criticized on TC, they should have made that a pre-condition for funding (and I'm sure Arrington wouldn't have contributed to funding the company)
Just so we are clear, Arrington is not a journalist. He has a (popular) tech blog where he writes half-baked, regurgitated & over-simplified news, ethically questionable and often factually incorrect blog posts.
On TechCrunch, he plays the role of journalist and I think he did the right thing by pointing out that some developers are in denial.
As a writer for TechCrunch, unless Arrington promised "favorable" treatment to Seesmic, I see absolutely nothing wrong in him criticizing Seesmic based on publicly available information.
If Seesmic didn't want to be criticized on TC, they should have made that a pre-condition for funding (and I'm sure Arrington wouldn't have contributed to funding the company)