Comments on: Andy Kaufman, Alive?

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

You'd think that they'd check with his wife, or something (he was married, right?)...

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It should be noted that while it is on Yahoo news, it is a PRESS RELEASE not a Yahoo news story.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Paul: Right. That's noted in the second line of the post. Although I'm not sure why they'd publish an undigested press release.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yahoo picks up press releases from prnewswire and prweb and has them in that specific section on their site.

eMediaWire, which distributed the release initially (prweb got it from them) has pulled it from their site and put a "dispute hold" on it as I noted in my post.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

duh, sorry James, I must be suffering from Ireadtoofastacitis. I knew it was unlike you not to note that.

But to answer your question they get paid to run those.. You would run it too. ;-)

By: Exek

Exek — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Snopes Saids this story is False
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/kaufman.asp

By: Miller's Time

Miller's Time — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Miller's Twelve Pack...
It’s Friday, and that means it is time once again to venture into the blogosphere. Here is what folks are saying in this week’s Twelve Pack:

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