Now that we’ve been treated to an incredible new Mac mini release, I can’t get this old AppleInsider post out of my head.

Here’s the final sentence: “Ladies and gentlemen, AppleInsider believes in all sincerity that the Mac mini is dead.”

I completely lost trust for AppleInsider as an Apple news and information source when I read this.  ”Believes in all sincerity”?  Interesting language when you’re holding yourself up as a vital source of information.

Perhaps I wouldn’t have lost trust – now I just laugh about it, in case you’re wondering if it had some big long term impact – had they not reported around the same time that the hard drive based iPod would be forever discontinued (last I checked, it’s still around).

The lesson: don’t write crap that lacks truth and/or substance.  That’s called propaganda.