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Seriously, Fuck You Jon Stewart

Seriously, fuck you Jon Stewart. With every passing day you are becoming even more irrelevant. Just like the rest of traditional media. 

Jon Stewart Slams Apple Over Its Handling of Gizmodo Case Tonight on The Daily Show. Watch the Stewart video here. 

Jon Stewart gave his take regarding Gizmodo’s iPhone exclusive and the subsequent police raid on Jason Chen’s home. Speaking directly to Apple and Steve Jobs, Stewart didn’t hold back his criticism of them.

Jason Calacanis got it right when he said in his most recent mailing list message:

  1. You can not knowingly traffic in stolen or “found” goods. It is unethical and illegal. When you find a phone in a bar you give it to the bartender. You do not try and sell it for 10x it’s value. If you do, you are a scumbag and a criminal.
  2. If someone offers you a pile of cash for an item you found, and that you know is not yours, than you are a thief. A criminal. That’s it—there is no further discussion.
  3. If you disagree with #2, then let me take your little brain through a bigger and illuminating example (That’s what we do with dumb people—or children—when they are confused: you make something bigger so they can understand it!). You see a silver Mercedes parked in front of your house. There are keys in it. You get in the car and see that it has a bunch of new features that the standard Mercedes you drive lacks. Oh, and it belongs to someone named Dieter Zetsche. You take the car and drive it home, then call automotive magazines and offer to sell this prototype you found, and know the owner of, for 10x the street value of the car (say, $1M). What are you now? Yes, a criminal! Whether the item is worth $600 or $60,000 is not relevant.
For those of you that haven’t been following the Apple scoop of the month, allow me to summarize: Apple engineer celebrates 27th birthday at bar. Apple engineer “accidentally leaves behind” alleged 4th generation Apple iPhone prototype in bar. Man finds prototype iPhone on bar stool. Man tries to return iPhone to Apple. Apple dismisses man. Man sells prototype iPhone to Gizmodo for $5000. Gizmodo pimps story on site, traffic spikes through the roof. Gizmodo appears on The Today Show. Apple requests the return of prototype iPhone. Gizmodo writer Jason Chen’s computers are seized by the police. This is pretty insane and quite bizarre. Some outlets are saying that the seizure of Chen’s computer was illegal, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation saying that he is protected under shield laws that protect journalists. I’m skeptical. In any case, Gizmodo is under fire. Some say that any press is good press but when it comes to the blogging world, stories like this one is not necessary. Do you want to be treated like a journalist? Well then act like one.  Gawker Media has admitted — boasted, really — that it paid $5,000 to get its hands on a prototype of a fourth-generation iPhone for its gadget blog, Gizmodo. The seller of the device told the editors of Gizmodo and other technology blogs that he found it unattended in a bar called Gourmet Haus Staudt in Redwood City, California. But shortly after Gizmodo published its blockbuster story about the phone, critics began accusing the site of breaking the law by, in effect, purchasing stolen goods. See full article from DailyFinance.

For those of you that haven’t been following the Apple scoop of the month, allow me to summarize:

  1. Apple engineer celebrates 27th birthday at bar.
  2. Apple engineer “accidentally leaves behind” alleged 4th generation Apple iPhone prototype in bar.
  3. Man finds prototype iPhone on bar stool.
  4. Man tries to return iPhone to Apple.
  5. Apple dismisses man.
  6. Man sells prototype iPhone to Gizmodo for $5000.
  7. Gizmodo pimps story on site, traffic spikes through the roof.
  8. Gizmodo appears on The Today Show.
  9. Apple requests the return of prototype iPhone.
  10. Gizmodo writer Jason Chen’s computers are seized by the police.

This is pretty insane and quite bizarre. Some outlets are saying that the seizure of Chen’s computer was illegal, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation saying that he is protected under shield laws that protect journalists. I’m skeptical.

In any case, Gizmodo is under fire. Some say that any press is good press but when it comes to the blogging world, stories like this one is not necessary. Do you want to be treated like a journalist? Well then act like one. 

Gawker Media has admitted — boasted, really — that it paid $5,000 to get its hands on a prototype of a fourth-generation iPhone for its gadget blog, Gizmodo. The seller of the device told the editors of Gizmodo and other technology blogs that he found it unattended in a bar called Gourmet Haus Staudt in Redwood City, California. But shortly after Gizmodo published its blockbuster story about the phone, critics began accusing the site of breaking the law by, in effect, purchasing stolen goods. See full article from DailyFinance.

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