[pavlov]

The Apple-Disney merger is a rumor of genuine vintage.

It was first rumored around 1996-97 when Apple was in enormous trouble. Potential acquirers according to the rumor mill included Oracle, Sun and Disney. (Somehow the “Network Computer” was a cornerstone of these speculations, but I forget what Disney had to do with any of it.)

After Jobs firmly established himself at Apple, the Pixar-Disney connection ensured this speculation regularly resurfaced. Sometime around 2007 Apple passed Disney in market cap and the rumor flipped from a merger of equals to “Apple buys Disney”.

[basch]

That was a silly tangent. My point was, the press isnt being forced upon society by puppetmasters who lost money in FTX. Thats a silly silly conspiracy theory.

The story is just generating clicks with the home investor crowd, who has no skin in the game.