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False story of Jobs' heart attack started with teen
AppleInsider —
... Published: 07:00 PM EST The fraudulent report of Steve Jobs' heart attack that never actually happened was originated by an 18 year old with unclear motives. A Bloomberg brief noted that the teen's fraudulent report was published by CNN's iReport website and then immediately syndicated to industry watchers by SiliconAlleyInsider blogger Henry Blodget, a former Merrill Lynch analyst who was charged with ...
Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story posted by teenager
Between the Lines —
October 23rd, 2008 Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story posted by teenager Posted by Sam Diaz @ 6:39 pm Categories: General , Apple Tags: Steve Jobs , Prankster , Health Care , Vertical Industries , Healthcare , Benefits , Enterprise Software , Software , Human Resources , Sam Diaz The prankster who posted an amateur citizen’s report that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a major heart attack earlier this month has been identified as a teenager who possibly did not post the report for financial gain. The identity of the 18-year-old prankster was not known, ...
Bogus Steve Jobs iReport Posted By Teenager
iPhone Savior —
In the early morning hours of October 3, a fake story claiming Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was posted on iReport, a citizen-journalist website hosted by CNN. An investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that the person responsible for posting the bogus news was a teenager who's motives are still unclear according to the full report on Bloomberg.com. Share's of Apple's stock dropped down as much as 5.4 percent on Oct. 3 when news of the story gained steam in the media. The stock later recoverd slightly when the iReport was deemed to be a hoax, but still closed down 3 ...
Teenager Was Behind False Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor [Update]
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... and removing the false information is not enough. A new set of guidelines, and perhaps the addition of human moderation would help prevent this from ever happening again.
Update: “CNN spokeswoman Jennifer Martin said the cable news channel wasn’t aware of the age or identity of the person behind the iReport post. CNN doesn’t plan to review its procedures for placing content on iReport, Martin said, declining to comment further.”
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SEC examining teen’s motive in fake Jobs heart attack rumor
The Apple Core —
October 23rd, 2008 SEC examining teen’s motive in fake Jobs heart attack rumor Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 10:43 pm Categories: Rumor , Finance , AAPL Tags: Job , SEC , Apple Inc. , Bloomberg L.P. , Attack , Recruitment & Selection , Investment , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Finance The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining an 18-year-old’s motives after they posted a fake report on CNN’s iReport.com on 3 October 2008 that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, according to ...
18 Year Old Targeted in Jobs Heart Attack Rumor
The Mac Observer —
... that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack has been focusing on an 18 year old boy. The teen posted the rumor on CNN's iReport Web site and sent Apple's market value down by some US$4.8 billion in an hour, according to Bloomberg . The SEC has yet to determine the teen's motive behind the rumor, but at this point it doesn't appear that he was attempting to manipulate Apple's stock value for personal gain. The bogus report about Mr. Jobs's health appeared on the iReport Web site on the morning of October 3. iReport is CNN's Web site where readers can post their own ...
Linkpost | 10.24.2008
TechBlog —
Microsoft issues emergency patch for Windows | Main October 24, 2008 Linkpost | 10.24.2008 • Microsofts Earnings: A Pleasant Surprise For Rest Of Tech? - Strong earnings, but cautious guidance going forward. • Baltimore's New WiMAX Service Flies Where Wi-Fi Flops • GMail for Mobile grows up: 2.0 now available - Improved performance, offline support. • New York Times (NYT) Running On Fumes - Looks like the NYT is burning more cash than it's taking in. • Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale - Fake news story may not have been designed to drive down the stock. • Study squashes ...
False Jobs illness rumor was posted by 18 year old kid
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... to an emergency room after suffering a ``major heart attack.''
``I have an insider who tells me that paramedics were called after Steve claimed to be suffering from severe chest pains and shortness of breath,'' the author wrote. ``My source has opted to remain anonymous, but he is quite reliable.''
Among the top stories this morning at iReport: Obama Is Too Soft For America and I Hope McCain Didn't Make One Of His Supporter Do This.
Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale [via Apple Insider] ...
Fake “Heart Attack” story caused by Teen
Apple Gazette —
... Bloomberg is reporting that investigators have determined that the fake “Steve Job’s heart attack” story that made it onto CNN’s iReport site was planted by a an 18-year old teenager. ...
Teen Posted Fake iReport of Steve Jobs Heart Attack: Report
Wired: Epicenter —
A fake report on CNN’s iReport a few weeks ago that claimed Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was posted by an 18-year-old, Bloomberg reports.
Investigators with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are still looking into the motives, but have so far found no evidence that he was trying to profit from the scare, which caused Apple’s stock to plummet 5.4 percent.
Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale [Bloomberg]
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Fake Steve Jobs “Heart Attack” Story Posted by Teen: Report
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Earlier this month a story was posted to CNN’s iReport social news site which caused Apple stock to plummet. The stories on that site are not vetted before they are allowed to appear on the site. The story said: Steve Jobs was rushed to the ER just a few hours ago after suffering a major heart attack. I have an insider who tells me that paramedics were called after Steve claimed to be suffering from severe chest pains and shortness of breath. My source has opted to remain anonymous, but he is quite reliable. I haven’t seen anything about this anywhere else yet, and as of right now, I have no further ...
18-year-old believes to have reported fake Jobs heart attack
TG Daily - All News —
18-year-old believes to have reported fake Jobs heart attack PDF Print E-mail Business and Law By Bloomberg Friday, October 24, 2008 15:22 An 18-year-old posted the fake Internet report that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, and investigators haven't found evidence the teenager tried to profit from driving down the stock, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Read the complete story here. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Comments (0) Add Comment Write comment Name Email Title Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of ...
18-year-old Responsible For False Jobs Rumor
GEARFUSE —
[image] Steve Jobs is dead . Steve Jobs is not dead . Steve Jobs is sick. Steve Jobs is not sick. I’m sick of this shit. Clearly, Steve Jobs is immortal and all this news of his demise is a load of cow dung. Who makes this crap up anyway? The SEC tracked down the little bastard responsible, who just so happens to be an 18-year-old kid with nothing better to do. Blogger and dickhead “Johntw” wrote:“I have an insider who tells me that paramedics were called after Steve claimed to be suffering from severe chest pains and shortness of breath,” the author wrote. “My source has opted to remain anonymous, but he is quite reliable.” Quite reliable for a ...
p2pnet news roundup: October 24, 2008
p2pnet news —
Teen Is Said to Have Faked Story About Apple’s Jobs - Bloomberg News
An 18-year-old posted the fake Internet report that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, and investigators haven’t found evidence the teenager tried to profit from driving down the stock, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the teen’s motives after the article on CNN’s iReport.com sent Apple shares down as much as 5.4 percent on Oct. 3, according to the people, who declined to be identified because the probe isn’t public. While the ...
Apple Stock Hit Twice By Bloggers
WebProNews Feed —
[image] Mainstream attention raises reliability concerns One might say the Internet is anything you want it to be a truth machine or spreader of lies maybe it s both. In light of recent events Apple would say it s the latter. Twice over the past month, a blogger has sunk their stock . It s not so much the lie that matters, sometimes it s who repeats it. That one blogger posted about Apple s fictional $800 laptop was inconsequential. That the New York Times dropped it into their vast echo chamber was catastrophic. Investors thinking Apple, during turbulent economic times, had finally decided to tap a hugely untapped market the low ...
Around the Web 10.24.08: Investors Twitter pain, Google founders own a jet and oppose Prop. 8, Oprah loves the Kindle
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
-- Hold tight: Crashing overseas markets have already caused havoc for the U.S. stock market today. LAT
-- Twitter your stock market pain. Silicon Alley Insider
-- The SEC is on the job. The SEC believes that a teenager invented Apple's CEO ...
Report: 18-year-old planted fake Jobs heart attack story
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
[image] It's still not clear whether the teen intended to profit from the phony post. Meanwhile, CNN has no plans to change the posting policies on its iReport "citizen journalist" site, although it added a prominent disclaimer to the top of the iReport home page. Bloomberg reports that SEC officials continue to "examine" the motives of the 18-year-old suspected in posting the fake story, which climbed to the top of the iReport front page earlier this month and sent Apple shares into a brief nosedive. Sources told Bloomberg that authorities "haven't found evidence" that the teen was seeking to profit by submitting the phony post, headlined ...
Teenager blamed, not named, for Apple heart attack [Stocks]
Gawker: valleywag —
An unnamed 18-year-old is being investigated by the SEC for allegedly posting a rumor about a Steve Jobs heart attack three weeks ago. "The agency hasn't unearthed any trading records that show he benefited from the drop," says the latest Bloomberg update. Citizen journalism experts plan to hold a conference to discuss what an awesome victory this is for Twitter. You think I'm kidding. You're wrong.
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Teen Is Behind Steve Jobs Heart Attack Report
AppScout —
It was the sort of news that could have made the public's opinion on the burgeoning world of "citizen journalism." If the story had, in fact, been true, it would have no doubt loaned some validity to CNN's iReport experiment. It wasn't, of course, and since then, the world of citizen journalism has come under a good deal of fire--as has the 18-year-old who falsely reported Steve Jobs's heart attack.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was soon on the case, investigating whether the teen had anything to gain from the subsequent drop in the price of Apple stock. The report ended up driving Apple's market value down by more than ...
SEC: 18-year-old responsible for fake Jobs heart attack story
ZDNet Government —
October 24th, 2008 SEC: 18-year-old responsible for fake Jobs heart attack story Posted by Richard Koman @ October 24, 2008 @ 11:12 AM Categories: Journalism , Apple Tags: Job , SEC , Investment , Healthcare , Advertising & Promotion , Financial Accounting , Finance , Marketing , Richard Koman The Securities and Exchange Commission says it was an 18-year-old who planted the fake story on CNN’s iReport that Steve Jobs had been rushed to the hospital, Bloomberg reports. The post: I have an insider who tells me that paramedics were called ...
Teenager started Steve Jobs heart attack rumor
BloggingStocks —
Filed under: Rumors, Apple Inc (AAPL), Scandals Earlier this month, shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dropped sharply after a report that CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack appeared on CNN's iReport site, posted by an independent, unpaid "journalist."
The report was quickly debunked, but the stock was briefly down as much as 5.4%, leaving whoever started the rumor with an opportunity to make a quick buck.
Conspiracy theorists pointed to those evil hedge funds, naked short sellers, and nefarious offshore market manipulator. But Bloomberg reports that the Securities & Exchange ...
Teenager started Steve Jobs heart attack rumor
BloggingStocks —
Filed under: Rumors, Apple Inc (AAPL), Scandals Earlier this month, shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dropped sharply after a report that CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack appeared on CNN's iReport site, posted by an independent, unpaid "journalist."
The report was quickly debunked, but the stock was briefly down as much as 5.4%, leaving whoever started the rumor with an opportunity to make a quick buck.
Conspiracy theorists pointed to those evil hedge funds, naked short sellers, and nefarious offshore market manipulator. But Bloomberg reports that the Securities & Exchange ...
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