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Mad Dog bites back
From The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Even the usually reverent dweebs at CNET are taking shots at me now. First this hot chick Veronica Belmont calls me “old mad dog Steve Jobs” and does a bake-off video and chooses a Toshiba Gigabeat over our iPod. Um, right. But I gotta say, Veronica, you are a very attractive young woman. Really. Put it this way. There’s a couple of things I noticed about you right away. Not saying that’s why CNET put you on their “TV show.” I’m sure it had more to do with your years of journalism experience and your deep engineering background. Not to mention that cute little accent where you can’t pronounce the letter T in the middle of words like “button” and “important.” Check it out. Sort of an American cockney or something. If you weren’t ripping on my product, I might actually call you up and invite you over for an interview. Guess you blew it.
But that’s not all from CNET. They’re also breaking my stones for not putting out new iPods fast enough. Year or so ago people were bitching that we were cranking out new models too quickly. Now too slow. People, get your story straight.
Snap! Taking potshots at my “journalism experience and deep engineering background,” eh? Guess what, Steve? I’m not a journalist, nor do I claim to be. However, I do know what sounds good, looks good, and has the best bang for its buck.
But thanks for the compliments, you’re not too shabby yourself 
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Veronica, I mean this in the most innocent way, and with no malice whatsoever, but if you don’t claim to be a journalist, then what do you consider yourself to be? An entertainer? I’m a bit confused because if you’re a personality for a Tech News company, than I would consider you a journalist, or at least a commentator.
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#5 written by Veronica 5 years ago
Well, Romey, it’s kind of an interesting situation. I’ve never taken any journalism classes, or written any published works (I guess it depends on what you consider “published,” but I hope you know what I mean). Therefore, I can’t call myself a journalist. I guess I would use the words host, commentator, maybe even pundit. Officially, my title at CNET is Associate Producer, because I was originally hired as a video and audio producer. My roles since then have changed quite a bit.
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…maybe in the end, his bark was worse than his bite. But that’s the Steve we all know and love. With BOL, your blog, and connections with other sites like engadget, I always thought of you as a respectable journalist. Because in the end, good journalism comes from the material and how it’s presented regardless of fancy graphics like flying eagles and such-and-such. Furthermore every day you, tom, and molly present good journalism to a fanbase that spans to england and beyond (don’t forget your “gigathingy fight” segment
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Veronica, you ARE a journalist, one of the few good ones out there…and you don’t need a degree to prove it. -
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Guess I need to do my linky-linky dance…
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Veronica, I believe it is high time that “Steve Jobs” took an interest in your “personality” and wit. I do question the timing of his interest, attempting to deflect his blunder by not unveiling the next “it” thing. Don’t let him get away with it Veronica! Hold his cajones to the grindstone!
And what do “journalists” do nowadays anyway? They “report” on people like you! Hooray you! *wears red sash*
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Snap! Taking potshots at my ?journalism experience and deep engineering background,? eh? Guess what, Steve? I?m not a journalist, nor do I claim to be. However, I do know what sounds good, looks good, and has the best bang for its buck.
Careful, V. Given the context, that last sentence could be taken in quite the wrong direction
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Snap, indeed.