{"id":3234,"date":"2011-10-16T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2011-10-16T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T19:04:37","slug":"keeping-track-of-apple-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/10\/16\/keeping-track-of-apple-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Keeping track of Apple Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stupid Apple Rumors:<\/p>\n

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So, of all rumors that can be confirmed one way or the other, only 22% of them are true while 78% of them are false. Read that again – less than a quarter of the rumors we read are accurate….more than 75% of them are, quite simply, BS….So, what sites are worth your time, effort and eyeballs? That’s what Stupid Apple Rumors is all about….<\/p>\n

55 of the web sites tracked have only one rumor story (original or coattail) published in the past, accounting for 22 original stories out of the 74 tracked (30%) while being accurate…once<\/a>…<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is an Excellent site from Shawn King. I love the format and data presentation. I hope he keeps this site going for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stupid Apple Rumors: So, of all rumors that can be confirmed one way or the other, only 22%…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Qa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2231,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/apple-television-rumors-shut-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":3234,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Apple Television Rumors – Shut Up.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Gizmodo: Financially speaking, Apple could produce an above-average panel, sell it at a loss, and make it up in content revenue. 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