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7. CBS was the one to break the "death" news.

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 08:47 PM

Oct 2017

TMZ got it right (and they, sadly, usually do). He was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest, and life support was pulled.

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The LAPD reported erroneous information to CBS. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2017 #1

Yeah, the days of requiring a second source are long gone unblock Oct 2017 #3

If you can't believe the cops, who can you believe? panader0 Oct 2017 #17

Why, tmz, of course! unblock Oct 2017 #18

CBS also made the mistake of believing/citing TMZ Coventina Oct 2017 #2

Every major outlet reporting his "dead" cited the same TMZ article. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #5

Oh no! I was assured that they are a legitimate source!!! Coventina Oct 2017 #6

I considered the LAPD a legitimate source. Sorry. Lochloosa Oct 2017 #8

I was referencing TMZ, not the LAPD n/t Coventina Oct 2017 #10

CBS was the one to break the "death" news. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2017 #7

Well, for some reason the CBS story I read referenced TMZ as a source. Coventina Oct 2017 #11

Nah, TMZ still sucks, BUT... Miles Archer Oct 2017 #14

TMZ corrected CBS. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2017 #16

TMZ's track record on this sort of thing has been really good. joshcryer Oct 2017 #19

Tom is brain-dead Ken Burch Oct 2017 #4

He's been taken off life support. His days are numbered. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #9

And the Trumplodytes will have a field day with this. Initech Oct 2017 #12

This is ridiculous. No journalistic Integrity whatsoever tymorial Oct 2017 #13

It's a petty thing to be so pissed about pintobean Oct 2017 #15