Apple’s ‘truly extraordinary’ paranoia about news coverage: Steve Jobs enraged over WSJ tweet

Last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs visited The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal , with his iPad in tow. During the meeting with WSJ , Alan Murray, The Journal ’s online executive editor, tweeted: “This tweet sent from an iPad. Does it look cool?” Murray deleted the message, after it allegedly enraged Jobs. Valleywag blog asked Murray about the incident. In one e-mail, he said, “I would love to talk about this, but can’t.” In a later email, he added: “I will…

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