AP Apologizes for Using Fake Vin Diesel Quote in Paul Walker Obit
These are the challenges of modern-day PR. The Associated Press issued an apology and a correction today after Vin Diesel‘s publicist called to let them know that a quote about Paul Walker that supposedly appeared on his Instagram account was, in fact, not a real quote at all. Here’s the source:
We can see how they got confused—the username does read “theREALvindiesel”, doesn’t it?
Well, we should say did read. Both the Instagram account and the related “REAL” Twitter feed have been suspended for, you know, impersonating a famous person.
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