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Who's Afraid of Mike Arrington? Answer: Everyone apparently

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TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington’s History of Abuse Allegations Includes an Assault Investigation

Saying that people are afraid to talk about the story is just an excuse for poor sourcing[1]. Quite the opposite, people would love to pile onto Arrington and have done just that.

It is weird to talk about a story not being talked about that everybody is actually talking about it.

[1] I know this first hand. I lived with Arrington the entire 3-4 months he dated the original accuser (not the 8 years she claims). Nobody has been in touch with me, or any of the other people who lived in the house at the time. Nobody has been in touch with other friends who know the situation well. Nobody has also been in touch with anybody close to the original accusor, I know this because if they did, they would find out something that makes this story far more interesting but unlikely. I DM'd the Gawker journalist with a tip that he ignored - which suggests he is more interested in an agenda than finding out the truth.

On that note, if any journalist wants to do a real story of getting to the bottom of this, I, and many other people, would be more than happy to talk to them.

Uh, I'm certainly curious. Want to just say whatever it is that you're alluding to?

Careful here. I am not saying is true or not. But a facebook comment and then another accusation by the same person under a different name JennNella is not proof that he has a rape conduct.

Doesn't seem right to just trash someone's reputation over a Facebook comment. And the article is just blurry observations, like I believe, I heard....or most of Silicon Valley already knows....

In my opinion, it's a case of just being unwilling to take hearsay as reportable news for a matter of this gravity. These are serious accusations that could put people in jail, and the story, right now, is pretty one-sided. Tech reporters are happy to report a rumor or whisper on an iPhone feature, but this is a well-known person being accused of rape and assault.

I know that there is a serious problem with abused women being unable to come forward because of both fear and because people will just dismiss them. We need to make sure that is not the case here. These charges are real and serious and deserve attention. But Arrington also deserves a chance to respond, which I imagine will come about soon in the form of serious legal challenges to the charges at hand.

I don't take a position on the subject, all I am interested in is seeing the whole truth, something which is not yet on display.

> TechCrunch has lost a lot of its Silicon Valley, with the tech blog scene proliferating since.

How am I meant to parse the first part of this sentence, "TechCrunch has lost a lot of its Silicon Valley"?

(I mean I get that it's trying to convey that TechCrunch no longer has the kind of grip it once had on SV tech press, but does this clause itself actually make sense?)

Sad to see a very smart dude let his intolerable vices ruin himself. I used to admire Arrington for his audacity, but not this.

For what?

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