Rumor sites are like children
Rumor websites, more specifically Apple rumor websites, are to me, the children of the internet. It doesn’t matter how many times they are wrong they will never admit it. They always point out the things they were right on. Just once I would like to see a rumor site say they were wrong and they should have pulled their collective heads out of their butts.
I can understand why they always want to be right, everyone hates being wrong. The thing that gets my goat is their smugness. Even with some of the most outrageous rumors you can think of these websites will act as though they’ve never posted anything wrong. It’s always, “we weren’t wrong, our source had confused this product with another upcoming product or feature set.” I say that’s a load of crap.
If you’re in the news industry, as the rumor sites claim they are — especially when they’re getting sued by Apple — do all the fact checking that is possible. When that’s done, you put your story on the line, without holding back — at least most of the time — and see what happens. If you’re wrong, say so. Newspapers may hide their corrections on some obscure page but at least they print them.
Maybe I’m just posting this because it was a rough weekend. Maybe I’m just bitter. In reality, it’s probably just because I’m on this big responsibility/accountability kick lately. Feel free to ignore this little rant, I should be back to normal soon.
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