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		anatoly on July 17, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter’s Internal Strategy Laid Bare: To Be “Th... If Twitter said "publish nothing", that's exactly what TechCrunch would do This claim is not supported by any statements from TechChrunch or Twitter, and contradicts Ev's claim, quoted above, that they haven't given TechChrunch a green light to publish anything. I think you're just spreading misinformation to defend TechChrunch's quite indefensible actions. I call bullshit on your claim that TechChrunch would have published nothing if Twitter asked them that.

extension on July 17, 2009 [–]

they haven't given TechChrunch a green light to publish anything

That's what they want the thief to believe. He needs to be satisfied that he's done the damage to Twitter that he set out to do.

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