This is a ridiculous article. Instead of just quoting an anonymous blog post, TechCrunch could be calling AirBNB, calling the victim, digging up the police report, locating the relevant profiles on AirBNB, and so on, and so forth. They have the resources, they could contributing to the understanding of this event, rather than just spreading FUD. There is no journalism present whatsoever, it is pure spin.
TechCrunch and FT are reporting on this but EJ's latest post says "2. Other than occasionally sharing the link to my blog, I have made no statements to nor have I been interviewed by the press - yet." I'm sure the FT must have a code of conduct around victims of crime (see the BBC one @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/page/gui...) to ensure they don't complicate matters but surely they could have tried to contact EJ to confirm what they were going to print was correct.
