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False Report on Apple’s Jobs

False Jobs heart attack post highlights perils of citizen journalism
ComputerWorld.com, Oct. 3, 2008
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When a false report by a citizen journalist was released on CNN’s iReport, it prompted a temporary 10% drop in Apple’s stock and caused the media to wonder about what ethical standards should be applied to user generated content. It turns out the reason people took the report as valid was because CNN’s name was attached to it.

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