Tag: Media

There’s nothing more dramatic today then the “Lost iPhone Prototype Part 2” news today. Not that I care about it, but I keep seeing it in the news feed. Be it from the news site or from repost by 13,677,214 bloggers. OK, I was exaggerating the number. The rumors broke a few days earlier. As usual the copy-and-paste-machines are busy reposting it over and over.

Blah blah blah, Apple lost another iPhone prototype, blah blah blah.

The second wave came sometimes yesterday that SFPD had no record about the supposed search for the lost iPhone prototype. Some news site speculated that Apple employee might have been posing as Police Officer. Sensationalistic and poorly researched news piece were published. As usual the copy-and-paste-machines were busy reposting the story.

The third wave came as some news site reported that SFPD was involved in the search for the missing iPhone prototype. I wonder what the copy-and-paste-machines are doing after reading this.

News organization should have been more responsible in reporting the news. The reports on the lost iPhone Prototype are comparable to tabloid level. There seems to be the need to be the first to report the story. There seems to be the need to make sensationalistic headlines. After all, the number of page hit is way too important for them.

There’s no need to jump into conclusions; not with the iPhone story nor any stories.