That said, I'm surprised that anyone would consider an article from The National Enquirer as anything but tabloid fodder. These guys are the (de)evolutionary step between TMZ and The Weekly World News.
Surprisingly enough, the Enquirer quite often is the first to break celebrity stories. They may not always have all the facts straight but they are often fairly accurate with the overall gist of their stories.
The only possible reason to believe this story is because the National Enquirer was right at least one time, when it reported that former presidential candidate John Edwards was having an affair. He indeed was.
This story, on the other hand, lacks any real authority. That doesn’t mean it’s not true, of course. But it does mean we can still hope, for the sake of Steve Jobs and his family — and potentially the future of Apple Inc. — that they’ve got it wrong once again. Fingers crossed.
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Wait...this is from the National Enquirer??????
What a miserable excuse for a newspaper.
/thread due to crappy newspaper rumors.
It's not a newspaper it is a "tabloid/rag" which unfortunately more and more online and print publications are beginning to resemble, i.e. more and more speculation, rumour and innuendo than real journalism... you know fact checking and such before releasing a "story".
Actually that isn't quite right, most of what we hear, read and see these days are "stories"/opinion/commentary/hearsay and not actual journalism.
Ironically it is the internet that is largely to blame as the "immediacy" of "news" means that getting a story "out there" is paramount, regardless of whether or not it is factually correct or true....
Sigh, such are the times we live in...
I suspect SINC can relate...
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What surprises me (although it shouldn't) is that the Toronto Sun reprinted this tripe -- even citing that it came from the National Enquirer. I guess it shouldn't surprise me ... but it does. Journalism certainly isn't what it used to be ... there used to be things like fact checking and pride involved (along with editors!)
Actually that isn't quite right, most of what we hear, read and see these days are "stories"/opinion/commentary/hearsay and not actual journalism.
True! 100%
I am not a share holder but if I were, I might want Apple to step forward and squash these rumours now.
If they are able to do so.
The National Enquire doesn't need a record of being right or wrong. Unfortunately this type of cancer so far has always been terminal. Very rarely do patients ever live 5 years after being diagnosed. I am not aware off hand when he became ill with it but if it has been in the 2-3 year area, along with him stepping down from Apple, and then being seen in a treatment hospital, I think its unfortunately safe to guess that he doesn't have a lot of time left.
Where they cant be sure, is in saying he has 6 weeks only.
One of the most insidious side effects of cancers are that often a patient rebounds for so long that those around him begin to forget he was ever truly ill and slide into a false sense of security about their loved ones "recovered good" health. Quite often that person is not bed bound as the movies would suggest but functions as well as can be up until a day or two before death when suddenly, within hours, it all completely turns around for the worst causing them to be shocked for a second time.
Perhaps a interesting development
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