The CES Best of Show award is a big deal, so this isn’t exactly a case of the Streisand Effect, but CBS certainly didn’t want to draw such a spotlight to one of their litigation opponents. The decision to censor CNET and disapprove their choice for the award has turned from a mild spectacle to a major blunder. Adding insult to injury, CES issued a press release today, awarding DISH’s Hopper with Sling the “Best of Show” award with co-winner Razer Edge. “The CNET editorial team identified the Hopper Sling as the most innovative product of the show, and we couldn’t agree more,” said Karen Chupka,…

Very few people are able to post 3 words on a new website and get articles written about it, hundreds of comments, and RSS feed subscribers before the fourth word of a blog post is published. One such person is TechCrunch founder and former editor Michael Arrington. The humor cannot be missed in the naming of his new site, Uncrunched. As we mentioned, TechCrunch lost a little credibility when Arrington created CrunchFund, then regained credibility but lost overall power when they ousted him. Very little is known about what Arrington will use the site for, but since he’s a blogger and the site is built…

In the past, I have been critical of Michael Arrington, founder and former co-editor of Techcrunch, over several issues. I’ve questioned his journalistic integrity (even when he claims he’s not a journalist) and some of the conclusions that he has made in his writing (such as his asinine statement that Digg shouldn’t listen to its users so much; that advice didn’t turn out too well). Still, I have always admired his ability to say what he means and mean what he says, and through the whole Arrington/Huffington/AOLington debacle, he has been in the right. Particularly now. He isn’t asking much….

Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, will be stepping down as managing editor of the popular the technology blog. However, he won’t be straying from the technology space. Arrington will be starting a new fund, aptly named CrunchFund, to invest in early-stage start-ups — many of which will undoubtedly continue to be covered on his popular blog. Arrington’s partner in the fund is Patrick Gallagher, who has been a partner at VantagePoint Capital Partners since 2008. “Mike will run the fund and will continue to write for TechCrunch, but will have no editorial oversight,” said…

Update: According to Business Insider, Arrington is no longer employed by AOL. This changes the stance of this article a little, but there still remains a conflict of interest with or without a job for the publication. AOL, which owns Techcrunch, has invested $10 million into Arrington’s CrunchFund. That along with Arrington’s statement about “friends” (see below) means that he believes he will have more influence with his friends at Techcrunch than if he were even writing for them. * * * Tech Journalists and venture capital investors are two different people. Just as food critics should not…