Fisking Jim Goldman?

Silicon Alley Insider’s Nicholas Carson takes aim at CNBC’s Jim Goldman over his Steve Jobs reporting…

After Gizmodo’s Jesus Diaz first reported this story — writing correctly, it turns out, that Steve’s health was “declining rapidly” — Goldman wrote, in a post called “Apple’s Jobs is (Still) Fine”:

I spoke to Apple after these headlines crossed and the company, which officially doesn’t comment on rumors, reiterated the reasons it offered two weeks ago: Apple was pulling out of Macworld because the company didn’t see the need to continue its investment in the expo, which included Steve Jobs’ keynote.

Then, when Jobs issued a statement essentially admitting he was skipping the Macworld keynote due to his health — “A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority” — Goldman continued trying to spin CNBC viewers into believing the statement somehow proved Apple had been honest about Jobs’ health all along.

Now Jim says he’s known about Jobs’ declining health for almost a week but hasn’t reported it yet.

Having now blown the story not once but twice, perhaps Jim will at least stop telling CNBC viewers they are stupid to read blogs.