[robertp]

"Am I the only one who feels that TechCrunch is the startup world's Jersey Shore?" Yes there are some articles that don't involve actual reporting. The problem is that those articles get the most page views and people respond to them the most. Look at this post from today about a true entrepreneur that is doing real innovation in the e-commerce/fashion space. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/after-ebay-acquisition-gsi-... The article has a meek 3 comments and low social stats.

This was even published before the TC drama that came out today.

Keep in mind everyone always talks about how TC doesn't cover start ups and only highlight the big players. If you actually look through the stats of what they post about, it isn't the case. It is just their cheezy/TMZ-ish articles get the most attention and stay in memory for longer.