I’ve already covered why the fake Steve Jobs heart attack story published on CNN’s iReport shouldn’t be seen as a fault of Citizen Journalism as a whole, and why we should all be encouraged to verify and fact check articles before we take them as gospel, or reprint them.
The Silicon Valley Insider has published a [...]
How CNN and Citizen Journalism can move forwards…
October 5th, 2008 · Comments
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Re: Citizen journalism and the fake Steve Jobs heart attack
October 4th, 2008 · Comments
I was going to make two points regarding the discussion of Citizen Journalism in the wake of the fake article posted on CNN’s iReport ‘Unedited. Unfiltered. News.’ The article falsely claimed Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, and had a big effect on Apple share prices.
Tim Windsor beat me to one of my points, [...]
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