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Thursday, February 19, 2004

Did Yahoo!, Drudge, and a bunch of other folks get scammed?
I may be wrong, but this looks bogus. I read the article, didn't recognize the call letters or the host's name (I'm a talk radio junkie), and spent ten seconds looking them up.

WSNR is a sports radio station, the host in question isn't on their talent roster, and the show in question isn't on their schedule. I'm especially disappointed with the NY Daily News running this story as it was presented on their website. Talkline, who supposedly syndicates this radio show to WSNR, doesn't have the host's name anywhere on their website. And one guy they have listed as having a syndicated show on WSNR--which WSNR also doesn't list--supposedly airs from 10AM-12PM, which would be one hell of a shift.

See what happens when you just rip stories off the news wires, children, instead of checking the "facts" the article is throwing out there? THEY DON'T FIT THE STORY. The interview may or may not have happened. The host may or may not exist. But shoveling the story out there without verification is utterly, utterly asinine. Especially considering it seems to have originated from AFP, a French wire service.

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