It's not just you. I still believe they are mostly "responsible" for inflating Facebook's valuation from $20 billion to $80 in a matter of months, with all their posts about Facebook's valuation increasing, therefore creating a feedback loop, where one more post raised their value higher, and so on.

They are the only site around that uses Facebook comments from what I've noticed, and many people stopped going there because of that. And their stories lately on Facebook do seem extra sensational.

I don't think Techcrunch has any credibility left. They're clearly picking winners and taking sides with certain startups on their site.