[crusso]

I found the article to be misleading and of pretty poor journalistic quality. It reads like a rant and I would hope that HN would not make an exception for a Techdirt rant.

For example: the line, "Craig himself has contributed to this misleading perception with this tweet implying he's giving his own money to EFF" was especially confusing since the proceeds of a lawsuit are in fact "his own money".

[dang]

Fully agreed about rants in general. But I also agree with the commenters pointing out that complying with a lawsuit settlement is really not the same thing as a donation. That, plus that the story is significant, is why we haven't penalized this article the way we normally would. I'd be happy to swap it out for a more substantive, less ranty article, if one exists.