This is funny. Dan Lyons (aka Fake Steve Jobs) was on CNBC last night. He really lets Jim Goldman have it for downplaying Steve Jobs’ health concerns while hearing from others that he was not well.  The interchange starts at about 3:30 into the clip.

According to Silicon Alley Insider, Dan Lyons is now banned from life from CNBC.

Jim Goldman attempts to explain himself here.

Over these last several months, I have reported extensively on the Steve Jobs health issues: not how sick he was, because how could I possibly know without having access to his medical charts; but instead about Apple’s fiduciary responsibility in releasing material news about its CEO and his ability to run the company. The threshold is quite simple: either he can run the company or he can’t. If he’s dying, but still running the show, technically, Apple didn’t have to share any private details about his health. Legally, the company was solid. Ethically, morally, maybe not so much. But such was the tack Apple took.