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If you were looking for a post script with which to mark the meaningful end of antennagate, John Gruber’s (latest) savaging of Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons (a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs) will serve that purpose very nicely. Additionally, if you share Gruber’s joie de sacarsm, then you should by all means drink fully from this brimming cup.

Yes, one week out, this is looking like very good news indeed for Apple’s rivals. Apple’s goose is cooked and Lyons knows the score. People are going to look back at this piece a year from now and say, “By god, Dan Lyons saw it all along.” (Seriously: bookmark it.) It’s bad enough that I don’t have the courage to call Apple out on this blatant chicanery; the last thing I’m going to do is put my name on the line and argue that he’s a big dummy with a chip on his shoulder and that his work exemplifies the state Newsweek is in.

“You’re sure you won’t do it? We really think you could knock it out of the park,” my [Apple] payola rep pleads.

“Sorry. Won’t touch it.”

Read Sorry, No, I’m Not Going to Write a Piece Arguing That Dan Lyons Is a Jackass…

What’s your take?