Comments on: Palm Pre Discussion Gone Terribly Wrong

By: scsonline

scsonline — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:57:00 +0000

I have watched Gillmour Gang for weeks and Mike Arrington has come off as antagonistic many times. He talks with an authoritative and all-knowing tone and has a sarcastic and demeaning way about what he says. I thought that it was important for him to say that disclaimers needed to be stated about how Leo got the phone, but Mike did not need to say it in a way that sounded like he was possibly accusing Leo of being bias. A lot of times, it’s not what you say, but how you say it.

I understand Leo’s frustration. It has been building for some weeks anyway against Arrington’s arrogant mouth from previous Gillmour Gang shows. I think that Arrington got what he deserved and I hope that Leo sticks to what he said about not hosting the show anymore. Leo did fly off of the handle “a little” too quick as if he were looking to get it started with Arrington, but hey — I understand. I must admit that I am a fan of Leo’s and have watched him for many many years on TV and the TWIT network and have even listened to him on radio, but looking at this entire incident, I hope that Mike Arrington of Tech Crunch gets a reality check and thinks of how he presents himself on the air. There are a lot of us who thinks that he is a smart-mouth, negative-acting jerk.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:28:07 +0000

Way to go Leo!! You are the man!

By: Wank_Bar

Wank_Bar — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:26:04 +0000

I love leo I have watch him even on screen savers. I beleve he is a trust worthy man. Good for him.

By: TechT

TechT — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:38:06 +0000

Wow that was incredible. Like something we weren’t supposed to hear. Arrington is really is a jerk. He is also incredibly ignorant to even hint that Leo is going to alter his review based on a loaner Pre. Leo has worked incredibly hard to always say what he thinks (good and bad) about a huge spectrum of technology products and services across the board. I’m glad Leo stuck up for himself, this is unacceptable by Arrington. Now, I don’t think Leo is the end-all-be-all but he has made a huge impact on the tech reporting industry and has arguably added credibility to a whole slew of bloggers and websites over the years through his pioneering style. He truly is one of the modern architects of honest and enthusiastic tech reporting. Reporting that speaks to a huge range of individuals from the most technical to the layman.

Lastly, when a person has such a long history of never reacting in this way it strongly points to Arrington being way out of line. And Arrington posting a supposed apology under a ‘news article’ by the name of ‘ouch’ is weak as well. Arrington should find another line of work.

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:08:22 +0000

Good for Leo. TechCrunch is the worst tech blog out there.