Someone Fooled Nikki Finke

Nikki Finke, the least favorite blogger of many Hollywood publicists, took a small hit to her credibility this week via the revelation that she received several fake tips regarding a recent “scoop” but published the story anyway.

Someone with a vendetta used Finke’s tipline to send several emails from separate sources claiming that screenwriter Mike Landis (son of Ghostbusters director Jon Landis) was reworking the script for the perpetually pending sequel. Not true.

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