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Jobs' Health Is a Matter of Public Interest, Whether Apple Likes It or Not

Another disjointed piece of writing. Let's start with your oxymoron non fact "fact" where you state:

"the fact that the CEO of a public company like Apple is fighting a potentially terminal disease (if that’s true) definitely qualifies as material information."

"The fact that"..."if it's true"...huh? Since the real fact has been made known that he's not fighting a terminal disease then it definitely does not qualify as material information.

I'll restate a the real fact right here:

The press blew way out of proportion Jobs health. His condition isn’t life threatening. The press supplemented their “reporting” with rampant speculation, this in turn fueled the rumor mill that was gleefully juiced, pumped and perpetuated by boiler room Wall Street outfits entrusted with the marching orders to smear Apple in any way shape or form. The root in a word, greed.

Jobs is arrogant, indeed, so are many of the “reporters” and certainly bloggers that make their nickel from sensational hype.

Also, speaking of “above the law”, if Apple were breaking “laws” there would be suits. There’s no suits out of the ordinary for an operation this size. So again, arrogant and loose reporting.

So while Jobs may be arrogant, by definition in this case of being a hard nosed, untrusting business man (I can’t imagine why so much of Apple’s initiatives are wrapped in secret, go figure); so too he’s correct in stating that many reporters are slime buckets.

The jokes really on the reporters and institutions that think most out here in the working world don’t get it.