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Ever since Apple’s co-founder, CEO and resident visionary Steven P. Jobs showed up at the Apple developers’ forum looking like a stick figure in a turtleneck, there has been talk about whether he is suffering from a recurrence of the pancreatic cancer he was diagnosed wit
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As I've said twice today: with the economic melt down in full swing I find it deliciously ironic that Wall Street is actually screaming at someone else for more "honesty" :-)
11 months ago
But you want him to have to reassure you on a daily basis that he is healthy? If not daily, how often? I'm just asking, because you think you have a right to be told publicly not just if Steve Jobs is sick, but also if he isn't, right? You want reassurances that he is healthy. So how often should he release a press statement about his health? Daily? Monthly? Kick off every Macworld with his medical chart?
Do you see the difference?
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daily basis -- I said that if his cancer has returned, it's a matter
of shareholder interest.
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There is a difference between speculation and good reporting. The former simply throws out an "I wonder if..." The latter involves follow up. That's what Joe Nocera did. He called Apple's PR department to ask about Jobs' health. The fact that they stonewalled him provided the basis for Nocera to write an article. And the fact that he did chase the story may well have led to him getting the real scoop here - a call directly from Steve Jobs and confirmation that Jobs' current problem is not cancer.
I think that any of us who write about others should not be satisfied with simple speculation, especially about something as personal as someone's health.
11 months ago
I'm concerned there is a place for both speculation and reporting --
they aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, Joe Nocera did some of both
in his Times piece. The fact that he put in a phone call to Apple's
PR people and got the standard response doesn't change that, nor does
the fact that he was lucky enough to get a call from Steve Jobs.
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His cancer didn't return, so he didn't have to report to the Board, who didn''t have to take any action. Exactly as it should be, and exactly what has transpired.
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So I think the 'health monitoring' is an unnecessary invasion of privacy, although it is fair reporting. Someone as significant as Steve Jobs should reluctantly accept this.
The whole point is that Steve will have to go sometime anyway & Apple should have groomed a successor & if not, why not ? That is what they should be accounting to stockholders & Wall St. for.
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