Fortune Tech Reporter Jon Fortt Replaces Apple Fanboy Jim Goldman At CNBC

CNBC is getting a new technology correspondent and losing a controversial one. Jon Fortt , a senior writer at Fortune , will be joining CNBC on July 19th in its Silicon Valley bureau. CNBC's current tech reporter, Jim Goldman, will be leaving to pursue a career in PR . Some will find this an appropriate career shift for Goldman, who has often been criticized in the past as being a mouthpiece for Apple , a company he covers that helped make his career. To be fair, Goldman is also very good at what he does. Being on TV is harder than it looks. I spoke with Fortt today (disclosure: we used to work together at Business 2.0 magazine back in the day). He says he had no idea Goldman was leaving until today, and was "sad to hear that." I put Fortt on the spot and asked him if viewers can expect any change in Apple coverage from CNBC once he starts. His says he is going to call it like he sees it: "I covered Apple for a while, it was my first beat at the Mercury News . No journalist wants to be perceived as having undue bias. With Apple, you are perceived as either being a fanboy or a hater."