From "Trust Me I'm Lying": "When you see "We're hearing reports" know that reports could mean anything from random mentions on Twitter to message board posts,

From "Trust Me I'm Lying": "When you see "We're hearing reports" know that reports could mean anything from random mentions on Twitter to message board posts, or worse. When you see "Sources tell us..." know that these sources are not vetted, they are rarely corroborated, and they are desperate for attention. When you see "which means" or "meaning that" or "will result in" or any other kind of interpretation or analysis know that the blogger who did it likely has absolutely zero training or expertise in the field they are opining about. Nor did they have the time or motivation to learn. Nor do they mind being wildly, wildly off the mark, because there aren't any consequences." That unattributed sources are cited no fewer than ten times in this post is laughable. Yet people still read TechCrunch because it's not exciting to admit that "we don't really have any clue what is going on because we don't work at Google and have to rely on some flimsy sources."