JustPassingThrough 86 Posted January 19 1 minute ago, The Old Crem said: 20 mins since Yahoo posted it and nobody else has reported it? A bit odd? Looks like that article is just a scrape of the initial press release. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 6,509 Posted January 19 Thing is I’m looking on Twitter and there’s absolutely no talk about him dying anywhere. So it might be a clickbait article 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 181 Posted January 19 I've not seen anything on several US based music websites, including one with a lot of traffic. Also, more tellingly, I'm facebook friends with an LA based music journalist who hasn't posted anything yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 6,817 Posted January 19 I think it'a hoax, but wait for the 404 to come out to be sure. Tweeting until yesterday by the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustPassingThrough 86 Posted January 19 8 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Thing is I’m looking on Twitter and there’s absolutely no talk about him dying anywhere. So it might be a clickbait article The source is a website that just publishes press releases. There is a press contact and email address at the bottom for J. Bickerton PR, which upon a quick Google looks like a real PR firm, but I have no clue if that's a real email address. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 130 Posted January 19 Looks like some intern has made a bit of a boo-boo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 8,536 Posted January 19 I smell a rat. Until Lady Cecilia Bartholomew confirms I’m calling it a hoax. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 7,556 Posted January 19 1 minute ago, JustPassingThrough said: The source is a website that just just publishes press releases. There is a press contact and email address at the bottom for J. Bickerton PR, which upon a quick Google looks like a real PR firm, but I have no clue if that's a real email address. I'm going to guess that David Crosby's PR firm would have its own domain name, and not use Gmail accounts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 2,032 Posted January 19 2 minutes ago, JustPassingThrough said: The source is a website that just publishes press releases: https://newsdirect.com/news/legendary-musician-husband-father-and-friend-david-crosby-passes-away-475391322 There is a press contact and email address at the bottom for J. Bickerton PR, which upon a quick Google looks like a real PR firm, but I have no clue if that's a real email address. They just copying Yahoo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 6,509 Posted January 19 NewsDirect sure looks like a legitimate company 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustPassingThrough 86 Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: They just copying Yahoo. Other way around. This is linked on the Yahoo page as the source. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 6,817 Posted January 19 It looks badly prewritten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 2,032 Posted January 19 Did someone hack Yahoo? I can’t imagine them publishing it off a random website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustPassingThrough 86 Posted January 19 3 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Did someone hack Yahoo? I can’t imagine them publishing it off a random website. My guess is that Yahoo automatically scrapes and publishes all of the press releases from NewsDirect, since they by all means look like a legit service. But then that raises the question that if this is a hoax, how did it wind up being run in the first place? I can't imagine anyone could just submit anything and have them run it as an official press release. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 291 Posted January 19 It's not even on the Yahoo News site, it's on Yahoo Finance for some reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 14,263 Posted January 19 Surely if you want to search for Crosby's death, you'd use Bing. 1 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slackhurst Broadcasting 204 Posted January 19 Wikipedia have him listed as dead. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc 18 Posted January 19 Not that Wikipedia is trustworthy but this page lists him as dead. Also a few other headlines come up when I searched for him, none of which however had any relevance 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 38 Posted January 19 Just now, Murdoc said: Not that Wikipedia is trustworthy but this page lists him as dead. Also a few other headlines come up when I searched for him, none of which however had any relevance It uses the Yahoo Finance article as the source, for the moment I wouldn't trust it a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc 18 Posted January 19 Just now, LWCZ said: It uses the Yahoo Finance article as the source, for the moment I wouldn't trust it a bit. And all of his recent edits appear to be primarily by the same person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 6,817 Posted January 19 Facepalm for those who don't understand how Wikipedia works, once again. You really suck. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 8,536 Posted January 19 Almost an hour later… the U.S. media are useless. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 1,396 Posted January 19 5 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Almost an hour later… the U.S. media are useless. Does a radio station tagging someone from Middlesbrough count? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustPassingThrough 86 Posted January 19 Wondering if he is very ill, but not dead yet, and this was some kind of early draft statement accidentally sent out, quickly followed by the PR people telling the media outlets to disregard it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BabyBlue 15 Posted January 19 Is this a hoax and he lives for years to come? Or did his PR team jump the gun and he has days/hours left 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
