Steve Jobs Heart Attack Bogus Report Sends Apple Stock Reeling

Steve Jobs Heart Attack Bogus Report Sends Apple Stock Reeling

More evidence that the fate of Apple is tied to Steve Jobs and his health, from Silicon Alley Insider:

"Citizen journalism" apparently just failed its first significant test. A CNN iReport poster reported this morning that Steve Jobs had been rushed to the ER after a severe heart attack (story and screenshot below). Fortunately, it appears the story was false. We contacted an Apple spokeswoman, who categorically denied it.

CNN's iReport kept the report up until at least 10:15 AM, about 20 minutes after we published Apple's denial. The story has since been removed.

It's certainly not the first time that Steve Jobs' health has been the source of a lot of Internet buzz. And outlets as large as the New York Times have reported the inevitable denials of Steve Jobs' health problems that result.

MORE ON THE STEVE JOBS HEART ATTACK HOAX:
::Apple Stock Has Heart Attack [Valleywag]
::Steve Jobs Is Still Not Dead, Take II [Epicenter]
::Did Steve Jobs Have A Massive Heart Attack? [BloggingStocks]
::Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor Not True [BusinessWeek]

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