Wired has issued a response to Michael Arrington’s tweet. Is it me or the tone a little snide? One thing I do know, it doesn’t seem they like each other much I’ll keep an eye on twitter for another colourful response.

Wired does make a valid point:

We pointed out how odd it seemed that the Washington Post, one of the nation’s most trusted and revered newspapers, would run stories written by an ex-lawyer who admits he may advise or invest in companies that are covered on his site.

In journalistic circles, that’s what we call a conflict of interest.

But I think the original blog post and this one, the overall tone seems snide and a bit questionable and doesn’t seem to be objective or fall under the so called “journalistic integrity”. Then again, it’s still a blog which is basically an editorial to some degree. The only problem is see is that as more and more “journalist bloggers” seek legitimacy among the general population as serious journalists, you can point to things like this back and forth exchange, that doesn’t help that cause.

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