AP June 9: Steve Jobs at the 2008 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. His extremely thin appearance sparked rumors about his health.

A false report from a "citizen journalist" about Steve Jobs' health sparked concern from investors, driving Apple's stock down three percent in a full day — hitting a 17-month low of $94.65.
The stock later recovered, but the debacle raised questions about the possible negative impact of falsely-reported "crowdsourced" news.
cates some type of larger problem. People start rumors on Wall Street all the time. Anyone with any sanity would have said 'I'm going to check that out', not 'I'm going to sell all my stock'."

Last Friday a rumor went up on CNN's "Citizen journalism" site saying that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had had a heart attack. Apple stock plunged momentarily,

Boston (dbTechno) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that they have launched an investigation into the Apple CEO Steve Jobs