In some way or another, a line was crossed that should have never been.

—Daniel Brusilovsky, an intern who was fired from TechCrunch for asking for a Macbook Air in exchange for writing a favorable post, offers his weasely “mistakes were made” half apology. He seems to want to blame the whole thing on the fact that he’s a kid, or something, so let me offer some advice: when you fuck up, own up to it.