AP mistakes impersonator for Christopher Walken

oberliner

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Sat Nov-19-11 07:21 AM
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AP mistakes impersonator for Christopher Walken

WASHINGTON—An Associated Press reporter mistook an impersonator of actor Christopher Walken on a sports-talk radio program for Walken himself, leading the news cooperative to include comments mistakenly attributed to the actor in its coverage of the Natalie Wood death investigation.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/11/18/ap_mistakes_impersonator_for_christopher_walken/

Funny - but also a sad commentary on the state of the media and news.

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dipsydoodle

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Sat Nov-19-11 07:25 AM
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1. Bit sick

but at the same time good to see someone mugging off the media.

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oberliner

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Sat Nov-19-11 07:58 AM
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2. He does this Walken impression every week

The AP reporter could have done a minimal amount of research to find that out.

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dipsydoodle

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Sat Nov-19-11 08:43 AM
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3. I just meant

at this particular point in time.

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