tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post7274008967762076841..comments2024-03-15T17:03:45.018-07:00Comments on Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: Robin Leach: NOT DEADTHE STRIP PODCASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-6016408461999448072009-05-28T20:05:45.985-07:002009-05-28T20:05:45.985-07:00It's alright. You work for the Times. We're all we...It's alright. You work for the Times. We're all well aware of your biases...Dave Liftonhttp://www.wingsforwheels.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-47893245747451412912009-05-28T17:25:37.292-07:002009-05-28T17:25:37.292-07:00sigh. why do you people force me to consider facts...sigh. why do you people force me to consider facts when i'm hating on something? yeesh. you'd think someone would mistake me for a reporter or something...<br /><br />ok ok. sorry, twitter. i hope you can forgive me.THE STRIP PODCASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-76466620837749293462009-05-28T17:02:58.200-07:002009-05-28T17:02:58.200-07:00http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Paul...http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Paul_Is_Dead/<br /><br />Well before the Internet, no less Twitter. <br /><br />Besides, doesn't this indict Wikipedia far more than Twitter? Or, at least, the person who first saw Leach's "death" on Wikipedia and posted it on Twitter without checking anywhere else? <br /><br />Come on, Steve. You're just looking for reasons to hate Twitter. All it seems to be guilty of is being an overhyped medium that doesn't happen to serve your social networking needs.Dave Liftonhttp://www.wingsforwheels.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-24477253812242494962009-05-28T14:47:33.637-07:002009-05-28T14:47:33.637-07:00And even before the advent of Twitter, the Interne...And even before the advent of Twitter, the Internet, and fax machines, there was a quaint old thing called a newspaper. One such publication, the New York Journal, published an account of the death of Mark Twain, whose cousin was ill. That was May, 1897. Samuel Clemens had to clear that one up himself, and he's been being misquoted ever since.<br /><br />Nifty little .jpg online -- not sure if it's authentic, but it's fun, nonetheless --<br /><br />http://www.twainquotes.com/Death.html<br /><br />Regardless, I think I'm glad Robin Leach is still around, and I'm definitely glad that Steve's picking up the phone to verify facts!Bay in TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894254131140340817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-84743532979022608002009-05-28T14:35:51.251-07:002009-05-28T14:35:51.251-07:00My question is was he really banned from Delmonico...My question is was he really banned from Delmonico's?MrEinSantaCruznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-30202110685339532572009-05-28T13:14:09.193-07:002009-05-28T13:14:09.193-07:00The whole *insert celebrity here* is dead thing is...The whole *insert celebrity here* is dead thing is not unique to Twitter.<br /><br />As I'm sure you know, this has happened many times on the 'Net in general.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com