Spam journalism - watch out
Apple stocks fell 10% last week on an entirely false story that its CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack.
The story, apparently planted by an anonymous source, was rapidly denied by Apple and its stocks recovered.
It gained traction when it was picked up by two reputable blogs, iReport (run by CNN) and Silicon Alley Insider.
iReport's tagline is Unedited. Unfiltered. News. Unchecked, too, apparently.
Cnet's take on it ended with the comment: The public is less interested in us getting the story first as it is in us getting the story right. Hear, hear.
The story, apparently planted by an anonymous source, was rapidly denied by Apple and its stocks recovered.
It gained traction when it was picked up by two reputable blogs, iReport (run by CNN) and Silicon Alley Insider.
iReport's tagline is Unedited. Unfiltered. News. Unchecked, too, apparently.
Cnet's take on it ended with the comment: The public is less interested in us getting the story first as it is in us getting the story right. Hear, hear.
Labels: Journalism, Quirks
1 Comments:
It turns out that Steve Jobs has not been injured in a bizarre bicyle accident either.
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