Are some blogs lacking on fact checking of their stories?
While blogs are a good source of information, sometimes I feel that there are too many rumors and wrong stories being published and that a ltittle bit more effort from the blog writters could substantially increase blog content quality.
The latest example of this is an article I just came across in Gizmodo about a rumor for a potential iPhone to be released by Apple. Check the post here.
The title of the post speculates about an iPhone Concept designed being leacked by Apple and goes on saying that “but this could be one of those purposeful leaks to gauge a reaction from the public or a complete hoax.” The original speculation comes from the www.techeblog.com. Obviously, the way these posts are written is very powerful and attractive since rumors of an iPhone have been around for a while already.
Well, if you look at the pictures in the bottom of the iPhone pictures, they have a copyright notice that says Applele and a Japanese name Isamu Sanada. A simple Google search points to the site www.applele.com, a web site created by Isamu Sanada where, although mostly in Japanese, you can easily find a page with the profile of the author that says in English “In this homepage, I display my imaginary designs of future apple products.”. It took me less than 2 minutes to find this so I wonder whether the bloggers are both Gizmodo and Techeblog are either too busy to even bother to verify their source or they have done it and in spite of that, they have chosen the most attractive path of speculating with Apple being behind this. Either way, it says very little about the quality and reliability of those blogs.
Btw, check some of the other “imaginary designs” from Applele here, some of them are pretty cool in fact.
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