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This is where real tech journalists should do their jobs and hold these VC partners personally accountable for this investment.

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There are real journalists out there? They must speak something other than English because I have yet to see any that didn't mysteriously die by running his car into a tree at high speed for no apparent reason or committing suicide by shooting himself in the head, twice.

All joking aside, I agree 100%. Where is the tech journalist crowd when like this happen? Are they afraid that they'll get a bad rep with other VC and then not get future stories?

Exactly that. I mean, PandoDaily is funded by the same kind of investors so they have a huge incentive to not rock the boat. TechCrunch does little other than copy and paste press releases. Take the TC article[1] - it's one and only mention is this:

"This model has seen some controversy around how transparent charging is, but JustFab has stuck to its guns in this area."

OK, no need to investigate then! Bravo journalism.

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/26/justfab-has-raised-another-...

I always thought PandoDaily is a good name, because they are pandering to the stakeholders daily. Online "journalism"! Even CNN is more concerned with celebrities than actual wars.

I just hope you are not referring to the tech journalism which are VC-funded

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