WSJ posts 200th article about a Verizon iPhone

I get it, guys. Seriously. Everyone I know who doesn’t have an iPhone has one of two reasons.
- They’re on their mom’s family plan and she won’t switch carriers.
- They’re on a company plan.
And that’s nothing to be ashamed of. You’re cheap, you’re owned by your company, whatever. But if you’re a journalist, you have something of an (oh god I can hear people laughing) obligation to report well-researched, or at least plausible facts. The latest article cites the following highly credible sources:
- “People familiar with the situation”
- “People familiar with the device”
- “People briefed by the company”
And, none of those people said anything about Verizon. Just CDMA. So, employees of WSJ, with your Blackberries; I sympathize, I really do. But Apple isn’t going to make a Verizon iPhone just because you write an article every week, predicting it.
One “we told you so!” isn’t worth years of bad journalism and failed predictions.
