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Old 08-27-2008, 08:34 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
I dunno. Just because a rumor is picked up and passed around by alot of places doesn't make it any less of a rumor. Remember, in the days of internet blogs the same information is passed like wild fire. No one does their own research or try to confirm with a source. Even Engaget and Tech Crunch are "blogs" that sometimes get info from other places. I have seen articles at Engaget that are passing around stuff that originated on this site as specuation.

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My point exactly BOb!

Just because the same rumor is repeated in Business Week doesn't make it any less a rumor since they are repeating the report of the rumor from elsewhere.

And to be clear, I DO believe Amazon is working on Kindle 2.0, they may even be behind the rumors. Heck, for all we know they could be sitting in some warehouse somewhere ready for shipment. But blogs (or forums) trying to pass off a rumor as fact based on some heretofore unknown stock analysist doesn't make it any less a rumor at this point.

The most basic question is never asked about this: Why would Amazon show it to this guy as opposed to more connected people? Say, folks at TechCrunch or right here at Mobile Read

Journalist should never run with one off-hand comment from one source without corraboration. Now, if several people were saying the same thing, that's a different story. But if you follow the referenced articles back they all lead TO THE SAME GUY and THE SAME QUOTE.

Of course, when Amazon does release the Kindle 2.0, everyone will jump up and down with "I told you so"

But I still stand behind a rumor is a rumor until proven true and should be clearly (and repeatedly) reported as such, not accepted as fact just because everyone is repeating the same rumor.
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