Leo rocks - Carol Levesque

Arrington was quite a jerk on this show. the "What are you going to do about it" line was right out of Jr. High. - Jeff Jones

I liked Leo before, but now I respect him even more! Good for you not taking any shit from Arrington, Leo. If he knew you at all, he'd know you buy nearly everything you review. I've lost lots of respect for Arrington here--what a playground bully. I love that Leo just shut 'em all down! Thanks for sharing, Kevin, great stuff. I hope Leo has no regrets, because there should be none. - Paul Salzman

Leo : once again you've showed there are people we trust and follow (i.e you) and those who can't. Have been following and trusting you a long time, and will do more than ever now. - arnaudt

Leo had every right to tell that guy to shove it. Mike was questioning Leo's integrity, in an irritating and cowardly manner to boot! What self-respecting journalist wouldn't, and shouldn't, react similarly? - Ryan Shepherd

I've sometimes had a hard time reading arrington's articles on TechCrunch. They seemed to have tone that I couldn't really like. This little bit kind of solidified that thought and feeling about him. - Robert de Castro

That was awesome! Leo, your integrity has always been top notch and you shouldn't let anybody question or tarnish it! Keep up the awesome work! - Sean Simkins

What an arrogant ass. Way to stick it to him, Leo! - Shawn Poulson

This is first time i've seen him like this.But he was correct in his stand, a review unit can't really influence such a decision. - Abhishek Sharma

Arrington is a jerk. Leo is a class act all the way. SCREW YOU Arrington. your blog sucks anyway. - Rustic Thoughts

That was amazing, good job Leo - Johnathan Schultz

Leo has always been a man of integrity and surely has earned the right to give Arrington directions to Hell, when having his honor questioned. You go, Leo! --- Regular TWiT podcast, er . . . netcast listener, La-Tonia Denise Willis in Seattle - Indie Media Arts Channel

Is it just me or techcrunch.com has this unexplainable air of unpleasentness in their posts? - Alpay Erturkmen

Caroline: if you have digg fed into friendfeed then when you digg a story it comes over to friendfeed - kevin didn't post it if you go to the digg story you can find out who did - he even beat the creator of the video which is pretty impressive - Chris Heath

I don't really know who is right, but I don't think that it's unreasonable to disclose that you were given something for free when making a recommendation about it. As matter of a fact, not disclosing it makes me question a persons integrity. - Chaotic Five

it wasn't FREE it was a 7-day review unit that he only asked for because he couldn't go wait in line for one. it was launched on saturday and leo does the radio show on saturday - therefore he reluctantly asked for a review unit - does that make sense? - Chris Heath

Well since it wasn't free why get so angry? Arrington asked for Leo to make it clear to everyone that the unit was free. Wasn't free end of story. Obviously, there's prior issues between the 2 and I just think that it's weird all these people picking sides. - Chaotic Five

After watching a 2nd time I realized that Arrington pushed on with the FREE accusation even after Leo had said that the Pre wasn't free, That it was just a 7 day demo unit, and that he was thinking of buying one. My bad! I've heard that Arrington has since apologized though and that's a respectable thing to do. - Chaotic Five

I watched this about 4 times and wish I could make out what Mike was saying when they all were talking. I applaud Leo for standing up on the show live yet kinda sad to see him this way. I understand why Leo got the review unit. Mike went to far even if he thought Leo was wasn't serious. Edit: This is Mikes post on TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - James Reeves

While I like listening to Leo and admire his work, I do not think it is fair to do all this 'Mike' bashing. - Kevin J Hatton

Sure, Mike apologizes and becomes adult about it now, after realizing once again that he doesn't hold near the audience that Leo does. If the tables were turned, I doubt he'd ever give Leo a second thought. What a turd. - Fleagle

Can you say "Ooops I better kiss butt before I lose all my readers?" - Rustic Thoughts

Leo is a bigger man for accepting Arrington's apologies. I still wont read his blog however. - Rustic Thoughts

I agree. I am not sure why some of these guys give Arrington the time of day. Way to go Leo! - Adam Martin

I don't understand how anyone would come on a show and blatantly press an integrity issue, valid or not, with the _host_ of the show. That would never end well. - Shawn Poulson