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Comment by yumraj | Hacker News Reader

Alan Murray should have refused to delete the tweet. Such obedience by the press is what enables Steve to keep on throwing his tantrums because he knows he can get away with it, but for how long?

Looks to me that he is almost burning his bridges with more and more Apple-negative articles appearing in press, for a variety of reasons.

Compare that to 1-2 years ago when "everyone" loved Apple.

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I'm pretty sure that Apple and Jobs were pretty clear that the meeting should stay secret. I'm not sure if they had signed NDAs, or if they simply gave their word, but this isn't about "freedom of the press to report a public event".

This is about a business relationship between two private parties, and I think Jobs has a right to be angry that whoever he's doing business with isn't playing by the agreed rules.

Why should the tech press be in a "business relationship" with tech companies?

Surely companies recognize the risk they are taking when disclosing preproduction info to the press. I would much prefer to at least have the illusion that the press is objective rather than acting as contracted PR.

We're not talking about the same thing. In that meeting, Alan Murray wasn't a journalist covering a product.

Because the tech press contracts (in various ways) to receive services from tech companies: they buy computers, software, smart phones, cloud computing, and on and on...

Maybe they shouldn't, but should or shouldn't, they still need to honor their commitments.

//on throwing his tantrums because he knows he can get away with it, but for how long?

As long as he can keep making great products.

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