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    Steve Jobs's Flack Backstage with the Boss

    A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources

    Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work

    Stock market's fear: Steve Jobs is dying

    Steve Jobs must be on the Tesla waiting list, too

    Apple stock has heart attack

    Jobs blames hedge funds for health rumors, not Katie Cotton's poor damage control

    Steve Jobs admits Katie Cotton lied for him

    Steve Jobs's health leads top Apple flack to contract "common bug" with the truth

    New iPhone just waiting to fall off a truck in the East Bay
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/03/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs's Flack Backstage with the Boss
    I'm gonna hear Springsteen singing "The touch, the feel... of cotton... the fabric of our lives" in my head alllll day. Thanks Owen. :-)
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    04/03/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs's Flack Backstage with the Boss
    Am I doing it wrong? Because I don't see the boss. or the flack.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/03/09

    @m4ximusprim3: Maybe the photo wasn't born to run.
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    04/03/09

    @Aaron Altman: Maybe it's under some brilliant disguise.


    Or maybe it's just hidden in the darkness on the edge of town.

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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/03/09

    @Astigmatism: Perhaps he saw her secret garden? And in nine months, perhaps something will be born in the USA.
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    04/03/09

    @Aaron Altman: Well, now they've posted her picture after all. She ain't a beauty, but hey, she's all right.
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    01/20/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    The greatest reporter by all accounts was Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success. He'd charm his way past the secretary of great columnist J J Hunsecker, read the proofs up on the wire for who's gonna be mentioned in the next edition, then jump to 21 to tout his insider status: "I have you in Hunseker's next, baby!"


    Impeccable sources.

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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    01/20/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    It's a good bet, like psychics make. If chances are even Jobs is better come spring, then you'd best go with the company flow. That way you might be tossed a bone about the new iMax iPhone or something ...


    Ooops. We aren't suposed to tell.

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    Image of ZiggyStardust ZiggyStardust
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    CNBC won't release its sourcing guidelines publicly? Sounds like you should dial up a former CNBCer (there's more out there now than ever) and see if you can pry them loose.
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    Image of itmustbeken itmustbeken
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    And we continue on our "30-Day Hate" of Jim Goldman!


    Good job on not mentioning his height on this one. That's classy.

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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    01/19/09

    @itmustbeken: Read again.
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    Image of cassandra cassandra
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    Owen, stick to financial stuff like this. You are so much better at it.


    There are a couple of CNBC reporters who are mostly fraudulent. Gasparino is one -- his "sources" consisting of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg or whomever just put out the story that he goes on TV yelling about. Faber and Bartiromo have real contacts, and maybe Becky Quick too. The rest of them I never trust. They are just thieves.

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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    01/20/09

    @cassandra: Well, thank you for that backhanded compliment. Or was it a fronthanded insult? So hard to tell, but so fun to guess!
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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    Goldman (no relation to Jim) said, "CNBC has policies and guidelines that are followed by everyone. And we don't disclose those policies to the public."


    I'm perfectly prepared to believe that CNBC reporting is FoS and having a policy that just says "trust us" doesn't help.


    But I'm wondering about the other majors. Do other networks and newspapers publish their rules for sourcing?


    Save me some research here.

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    Image of elvenjewel elvenjewel
    01/23/09

    @macbeach: Here ya go:


    AP Statement On Anonymous Sources


    New York Times Policy On Confidential Sources


    At a glance. I tried to find Reuters, but was unable to.

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    Image of elvenjewel elvenjewel
    01/23/09

    @macbeach: Further evidence of problems with NBC News.


    Happy reading!

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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    It's pretty bad when your friends and flacks lie to you.
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    Image of VaniaAstacus VaniaAstacus
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    This is a far smaller story than you are making out. Despite Apple's PR ineptitude, Goldman's "sources" can still be substantially correct. Goldman didn't say Jobs was "in tip top shape"; that's your invention. What did Katie Cotten say that you think was a lie? I can't find anything. What you're now saying presumes that the Apple board know medical reasons Steve Jobs won't be back in 6 months, and haven't disclosed them. That is exceedingly unlikely, because it would be criminal, and they are not stupid, have good legal advice and don't want to lose millions of dollars each.

    The only inference I can make from the latest announcement is that some form of treatment is under consideration during the six months which may prevent him making day to day operational management decisions for a short period. Therefore a statement has to be made about the management implication of that, and a deputy explicitly identified. That's been done, and his medical advisers are now immediately free to have first call on his body and time, ahead of Apple, to pursue whatever treatment they decide, including surgery if required, during the next 6 months. Nevertheless, he's still expected to have plenty of time to work on Apple strategy.

    But I repeat: when the board (which includes SJ) know he probably can't do his job any more for medical reasons, they have to disclose. Any reporter who says they have such undisclosed knowledge is saying the board of Apple are criminals. Better have good reasons.
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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    01/20/09

    @VaniaAstacus: Goldman did not say, "Steve Jobs is fine"? You are willfully ignoring Goldman's own reporting. The record is clear and public; why didn't you consult it before writing such a lengthy, incorrect comment?
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    Image of InezHammer InezHammer
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    Sounds like the entire Steve Jobs situation may be a board protecting the sharehokders and the company from the possibility of a loss in dividends at a particurlarly risky time in the market - corporations have a habit of "leaking" only the information they want to-
    Could be Goldman was duped!
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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    01/20/09

    @InezHammer: If so, he hasn't admitted it. His CNBC colleagues Dennis Kneale and Dylan Ratigan have quizzed him about his reporting failures on air. Why do CNBC producers keep putting Goldman on to embarrass himself with sputtering denials? I can only conclude that, like a wrestling cage match, it makes for good television.
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    01/20/09

    @InezHammer: Hey, isn't any board's only job protecting the shareholders?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    Now THIS is tearing apart a reporter - calling him out on sourcing. Neither reporter nor network will ever give up their sources, of course - but it's fair game to question whether those folks are for real.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    01/19/09

    In reply to A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
    Goldman also assured everyone that insiders tell him 'Pushing Daisies' is in no danger of being canceled and will return next season.
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    Image of GemmaBias GemmaBias
    01/05/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
    Hmmmm.
    Jobs previously had surgery for pancreatic cancer, which is nearly always deadly.
    The pancreas produces insulin.
    Insulin is a hormone.
    Jobs has a 'hormonal imbalance'.
    Hmmmm.......
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    01/07/09

    @GemmaBias:

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    Image of Pop Socket Pop Socket
    01/05/09

    In reply to Steve Jobs Confesses: Too Sick to Work
    I've heard that Jobs is a vegan. The cure is to eat a steak once in a while.
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    Image of dogcat dogcat
    01/05/09

    @Pop Socket: Jobs should try the Woz-Plan diet.
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