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#journalismism
Magazine's Product Of Year Doesn't Actually Exist
Popular Mechanics just named TechCrunch publisher Mike Arrington's tablet computer one of its top ten products of 2009. Which is amazing — amazingly ridiculous — given no one outside TechCrunch has even held one. More » -
#badvertising
Steve Jobs and the Journal's Frightful Ad Placement
Steve Jobs "appeared thin and spoke with a scratchy voice" on his return from medical leave, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Apparently we had no idea! More » -
#debunker
Let's All Pitch in to Build a Better Bubble
The economy may wax and wane, but overheated tech rhetoric lives forever. Today's how news: The internet apps for Apple's internet phone will soon be bigger than the internet. What? More » -
#journalismism
Foursquare Founder Tells Two Tales About Filched Dodgeball Code
Too busy partying in Austin, Dennis Crowley never replied to our questions about whether Foursquare was built on code owned by Google. He's denied it to other press, but we hear he's telling buddies otherwise. More » -
#journalismism
Jim Goldman's Bad Intel
CNBC, the cable business network, claims to have "policies and guidelines" that are "strictly followed." One of them appears to be presenting company flacks as secret "sources." Tech reporter Jim Goldman adheres to it religiously. More » -
#journalismism
A Puffed-Up Reporter's Puffed-Up Sources
CNBC tech reporter Jim Goldman blew the biggest story on his beat by insisting his "sources inside the company" said Apple's Steve Jobs was in tip-top shape. Do these sources even exist? More » -
#jimgoldman
Why CNBC's Tech Reporter Keeps Coming Up Short
There's a reason why CNBC viewers get shortchanged on their tech coverage: Jim Goldman, the network's Silicon Valley bureau chief, is not very tall. It's the kind of thing polite people don't talk about here. More » -
#journalismism
CNBC's 'State of Denial' on Apple CEO's Health
After telling CNBC viewers for weeks that Steve Jobs is "fine," the network's Silicon Valley bureau chief Jim Goldman tried a novel experiment in journalism: Talking to a source who wasn't an Apple flack. More » -
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#publicrelations
How Steve Jobs Turned CNBC Into Apple Touts
First clip: A CNBC reporter dishes outsidery snark about Apple's supposedly botched iPhone launch. Second clip: CNBC's Silicon Valley bureau chief guzzles the Apple Kool-Aid. Is this the same network? -
#cutbacks
Yahoo Retreats from Hollywood
Two years after he left, the ghost of TV executive Lloyd Braun still haunts Yahoo. Which is why a report of lost perks in Yahoo's L.A. office turned into an evisceration of the ex-exec.




