Topic: Seriously can't they go to a damn website? (Read 645 times)
My only grip is that CNN should do a better job at moderating stories that clearly would have an impact on a publicly traded currency. It is irresponsible for a media agency to willingly allow its platform to be used for this purpose. The point of a crowdsourced news aggregator is to get breaking news from a 1st hand account. Moderators could clearly see this was misuse of their system and should have shut it down.
the same person that posted that story: http://ireport.cnn.com/people/BitCoinSachs also posted the rumour of bitcoin becoming the national currency of zimbabwe.
long story short. create fud, see how far it spreads, hope for impact in bitcoin price.
long story short. create fud, see how far it spreads, hope for impact in bitcoin price.
It's time to turn the idiot filter on 
This story was intended to manipulate the price of a publicly traded currency. It should have never past any form of moderation without them first visiting the website.
iReport isn't "The Media". It's basically CNN's message board. Also, if MtGox were raided by state authorities, you'd be doing it wrong to sell your bitcoins for state money, because out of state money and bitcoins, it's the former that's more easily frozen and/or seized by banking and state authorities.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-966426
Mtgox is still up and running. My god why doesn't the media vet anything anymore?
Mtgox is still up and running. My god why doesn't the media vet anything anymore?
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