The Next Web knows what to do with a good rumor: . It translates "may affect the ability to meet initial shipment targets for the launch" into "Apple's initial iPhone 5 shipments are expected to be affected by a touch panel issue."

And then it undermines the rumor: "With over a year between iPhone announcements, providing Apple with huge lead time to ensure its initial shipments ready before launch, rumours of a delay at this late stage could be a case of pure misinformation."

Rumor as misinformation. Who'd have thought it?

No iPhone 5 at all. Get ready for the iPhone 4G! Oh ... sorry: internal error.

Then there's the mistake as rumor as misinformation.