(I love Windows Phone, by the way. Just wish it had Google Voice and could use Google Contacts, then I'd switch.)
Not that I disagree that Krahulik waded in with every intention of making this a bigger shitshow. But both Jerry and Mike are private individuals with every right to get just as pissed as any of us would when Christoforo started being an ass. Just because they wield a hugely more powerful weapon in the form of the site doesn't mean they have the same responsibilities as, say, Kotaku. If Krahulik genuinely thinks that supporting (even if only by the absence of overt disapproval) someone like Christoforo would damage his personal brand (and by extension PA and PAX/PP) then he doesn't any obligation to leave off blasting the guy.
Further, it's not like the guys at Penny Arcade aren't famous for doing this kind of thing. Did we forget how heavily they blasted Jack Tretton about the whole "if you can find unsold PS3s I'll pay you" thing? Or how determinedly they go after the various buffoons of the industry? Hell, just how determinedly they've got after IGN after the years?
I appreciate the point you're trying to make, but it rings hollow to me because Mike Krahulik has none of the responsibilities that Kotaku has, and equating the two seems like dirty pool.
Most of the heavyweight contenders wound up feeling like same old, same old to me. And Skyrim is still trying to convince me it isn't another attempt to dumb down Morrowind, only this time while aping Morrowind's story structure. HINT: it is.