Steve Jobs Had No Heart Attack...And Citizen Journalism Just Failed

readwriteweb.com — What could possibly be bigger news than the supposed heart attack suffered by Apple CEO Steve Jobs? The fact that it's simply not true. The rumor which spread ...

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Comments (3)

- cmcgill
yep- Citizen journalism has its ups and downs. This was definitely a "down". We have removed the iReport story from the system. There are plenty of cases where civic journalism has failed as well.. do you remember when the trapped coal miners were reported to be alive 2+ years ago? In reality they were dead and there was 1 survivor.
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- marchdoe
I would argue that traditional journalism also fails. I remember a story circulating about the President during the last election that forced a big name in broadcasting out of the business.
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- maverickny
It's quite disappointing that people would report such a thing without first checking the facts out
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