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Apple's heart bleeds on fake Jobs data

 Look – I know everyone is hunting for a story, but really – this stupid piece of ‘citizen journalism’ has had its effect – and we suspect someone somewhere got rich on this. We’re interested in seeing the appropriate SEC response. The heart attack rumour isn’t true, but for its effect – well –  just look at the chart. We wish Apple would trust us more, and CNN less. 

Updated, quite like this opinion, and we’d like to stress that bloggers didn’t do this, a reputable news org did, before the debate becomes one aimed at citizen journalism and misses the point of the lack of investment in news teams at major publishers – or the need to seek them out on the blog…

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