Long Zheng blogged today about some embarrassingly sloppy journalism on the part of popular sites TechCrunch and CrunchGear.
"… it is always in the best interest of most paid-per-impression writers to publish articles which get them eye-balls, ad impressions, and thus income …" – Long Zheng
Although I wouldn’t put it past some high visibility bloggers to post so carelessly for reasons Long subtly hinted at, I don’t think that’s the case here. I believe this is just a textbook example of viral incompetence.