Interesting post today, An Apology to Our Readers, on TechCrunch from the editor of one of the web’s top five non-celebrity-gossip blogs. Michael Arrington openly disclosed a problem his company faced with an intern taking an unethical bribe to write a glowing review for a tech company. This intern accepted a computer as payment to write a positive post about a technology company. Although the exact details aren’t outlined on TechCrunch to protect the privacy of the underage intern, Michael and his team have once again stepped up to the plate to be completely transparent with the hundreds of thousands of TechCrunch readers.

The intern in question, Daniel Brusilovsky, posted his response on his blog DanielBru.com.

Trust is earned. Transparency and honesty help it grow. TechCrunch has done right and hopefully Daniel and others will learn from this situation.

Now, if only we could get the bozos in Washington to become more transparent, instead of trying to ram through bloated legislation that no one has ever even read.

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