[searchableguy]

> I really wish TechCrunch journalists would do a little more analysis of these claims instead of simply relaying the talking points of the startup’s CEOs and marketers.

These are paid articles. Most of techcrunch and other hype tech news site posts are fed by PR agencies in the background.

They get an article and list of quotes to include by a PR firm which they edit a little and post.

[gus_massa]

Old but relevant "The submarine" by pg: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

Edit typo: All -> Old

[im3w1l]

Even if the article is paid for the readers expect them to do some rudimentary level of gatekeeping.