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I’m glad I don’t work at “Entertainment Tonight” right now (but if they want to offer me a great salary, I *am* available!).
First they dished the “exclusive” news that Angelina Jolie had given birth to her twins and that the information came from a special source who was right in the delivery room and said mom and babies were doing just fine. Even when doubts sprouted up and the story was denied by Angelina‘s rep, ET held firm to their news, which had been posted on their site, and then even went ahead and reported the details on their television show later that evening.
Then Brad Pitt’s people denied the story as well, and ET quickly discovered that they had been hoaxed. Investigations showed that they had been mislead by someone impersonating Angelina’s assistant and good friend, Holly Goline. Someone had sent emails as Holly, informing the media show of Angie‘s supposed birth. ET pulled the story and replaced it with their explanation for the mix-up, but they must have felt foolish having aired the segment already.
They’ve stated they’re investigating what happened and that they take this hoax very seriously since it damaged their integrity.
” ‘Entertainment Tonight’ takes this very seriously and is, of course, concerned that the show may have been victimized by someone allegedly posing as a member of Ms. Jolie’s team,” the statement said. “We are actively investigating the matter and are reaching out to law enforcement agencies.”
However! The plot thickens because CNN has a story claiming that ET already knew the story was fake when they went to air. They had been duped when they posted it online, but they had been informed of the truth before they reported it on television. Why would they have done that? No other news to fill the gap?
Sounds like they had one embarrassing mishap and made it worse.
Read the full story here.
I am getting to the point of only believing what I see at Pittwatch. Sherry does a great job of keeping on top of all Jolie-Pitt news.
ET just got caught big time and they are too embarrased to admit it. That story was written by an Associated Press writer. AP printed the false story and is furious with ET, so they are doing this work to prove ET wrong so they (AP) don’t look bad. They have been running stories since last week pointing out the problems with the story.
AP has a reputation and want to protect it, unlike ET who has lost all credibility. It is only entertainment, but AP is a serious news organization and they don’t like to be made fools of. They seem to have put a lot of work into this story. Funny, if this was not about Brad and Angelina, I wonder if this we would be seeing this type of fuss. Thanks.