Just chill, Mike
By Marc Perton
Right on, Paul. When I was at Engadget, barely a day went by when I didn’t get at least a dozen comments from people accusing me of being on the take, being stupid or worse. And now that I’m at Consumer Reports, it hasn’t stopped. They’re not attacking me personally (CR doesn’t have bylines), but they attack our methodology, qualifications and more. Of course, after doing this for 70+ years, we’ve developed a very thick skin when it comes to criticism. Hopefully, it won’t take Arrington that long to follow Paul’s advice and do the same.
Paul Boutin has some good advice for Michael Arrington, who tends to take any criticism of TechCrunch as some sort of unwarranted personal attack: Get used to it.
I rarely have a week where someone doesn’t directly or indirectly claim that I, or one of the publications I write for, or everyone who does what I do is dishonest, corrupt, on the take, or pushing a covert agenda. It’s annoying, but I’ve gotten used to it. It’s part of being successful at what you do.
Right on, Paul. When I was at Engadget, barely a day went by when I didn’t get at least a dozen comments from people accusing me of being on the take, being stupid or worse. And now that I’m at Consumer Reports, it hasn’t stopped. They’re not attacking me personally (CR doesn’t have bylines), but they attack our methodology, qualifications and more. Of course, after doing this for 70+ years, we’ve developed a very thick skin when it comes to criticism. Hopefully, it won’t take Arrington that long to follow Paul’s advice and do the same.
