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18 year old investigated for crying wolf about Jobs’ heart attack

Posted by Derik DeLong | Monday, October 27, 2008 4:21 AM PT

Jobs heart attack Remember when we were all worried about the possibility of Steve Jobs being mortal? When reports of Jobs having a heart attack came in, the stock took a dive. It was quickly head off by Apple representatives, helping the stock recover.

The 18 year old man who dropped the bogus hint was apparently turned over to the authorities for stock manipulation allegation investigation. Remembering my tender 19th year of existence, I can sympathize with the urge to pull a few pranks (cellophane + toilet = funny), but none of my shenanigans ever caused a company’s worth to shift by billions of dollars.

That said, I find it unlikely that the actual intent was stock manipulation. It’s surprising how much traction the story got considering its source is a website that specifically says “That means the stories submitted by users are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. Only stories marked “On CNN” have been vetted for use in CNN news coverage.” Personally, I’d wait for a fact-checked story to make stock decision, but that’s just me.

Comments (2)

Looks like someone is using Skitch to write out "not attacked" and draw the arrow. I sort of thought Skitch was best used for drawing on and uploading maps to the web for others to use. Guess you can use Skitch to get straight to Steve-O's heart!

BGR
October 27, 2008
5:52 AM PT

No offence, but a basic anatomy lesson would seem to be in order. The heart is actually positioned slightly lower and in the center of the chest. For some reason you are not attacking Steve's left nipple!

CT
October 27, 2008
12:54 PM PT

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