PhotoThe news ricocheted around the web immediately early Monday afternoon: CBS News was reporting that Tom Petty was dead. It was not until just before midnight that Mr. Petty’s manager announced that he had died about 11:30 p.m. When CBS reported Mr. Petty’s death on Twitter, preceded by a capitalized banner “JUST IN,” the network attributed the news to the Los Angeles Police Department. In an article published online, there was no mention of the L.A.P.D., merely the phrase “CBS News has confirmed.” (CBS later deleted the tweet.) Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNumerous other news outfits, including Entertainment Weekly, Slate and HuffPost, soon posted articles about Mr. Petty’s death, all attributing the news to CBS.

Source: New York Times October 02, 2017 23:26 UTC