The downside of “citizen journalism”:

“Citizen journalism” apparently just failed its first significant test. A CNN iReport poster reported this morning that Steve Jobs had been rushed to the ER after a severe heart attack. Fortunately, it appears the story was false. We contacted an Apple spokeswoman, who categorically denied it.
CNN’s iReport kept the report up until at least 10:15 AM, about 20 minutes after we published Apple’s denial. The story has since been removed.