Pat Burns was reported to have died this morning.
CTV Ottawa broke the story. It spread like wildfire on Twitter.
I admit to being one of the people who RT(retweeted) it.
I am ashamed and embarrassed to say I didn't verify first.
TSN's Bob McKenzie forwarded a message from Burns directly saying that they had him dead since June, but he's still around and to set the record straight...
Fight on, Mr. Burns.
1 comment:
Agreed, stupid media! It's one thing for an individual to retweet on a topic... it's another for a professional media outlet to report a death officially. Once one journalist anywhere reports something, I think the rest of the papers in the world are basically nothing but retweets!
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