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Tony Scott Did Not Have Brain Cancer: Now ABC Saying Its Claim “Appears In Doubt”
ABC is having a rough year.
Tony Scott’s widow Donna has told police that the famed filmmaker/TV producer did 
not have brain cancer, informed insiders tell Deadline. That makes erroneous this morning’s Good Morning America report that he “had inoperable brain cancer” and quoting “a source close to him”. The ABC claim was widely picked up by media outlets globally and all the Hollywood press (but not Deadline) as the reason why Scott committed suicide Sunday by jumping off a Los Angeles County bridge at 12:35 PM. Within half an hour ABC was backing off its story (see below). This is the third time in a month that ABC News has erroneously reported on a sensitive news story. During the Aurora movie theater shooting tragedy, ABC News first claimed the gunman was a Tea Party member which was not true. And then the shooter’s mother accused ABC News of mischaracterizing a quote from her. The issues all seem the same: ABC News is not properly vetting its reporting.
Will Profit
August 21st, 2012
ABC news is a cancer.
reddecaesari
August 21st, 2012
so @piker was right about the prius.
MAJ Mike
August 21st, 2012
Suicide is a tragedy anyway you look at it. My continued sympathies to the family.
CrustyB
August 21st, 2012
ABC News should be sued for fraud for calling itself “news.”
Bob M.
August 21st, 2012
“The issues all seem the same: ABC News is not properly vetting its REPORTERS.”
Fixed it for ya’!
locknload
August 21st, 2012
I think he got whiplash from being whacked in the head with his wife’s tits – did you see the size of those things?
bob
August 21st, 2012
At least they didn’t say he was a member of the Tea Party
F.D.R. in Hell
August 21st, 2012
I saw a photograph of his trophy wife… I ask you:
“He gave up THAT for THIS?”
BILL
August 21st, 2012
yea, and andrew breitbart died of a heartattack to!
Piker
August 21st, 2012
It was the Prius, I’m tellin’ ya! This guy is worth Millions and he is driving along and suddenly it occurs to him, “Holy Shit! I’m Tony Scott, and I’m driving a fucking Prius?!”… being an enviroMENTAList, he decided it would be better to feed the fishes than to go on living with the shame of driving a shitty car that actually does more harm to the enviroment than good. ABC should pay me for this astute analysis.
muddjuice
August 21st, 2012
ABC News
“Where the truth is dragged out and shot like a dog”
Strike-Anywhere Ukulele
August 21st, 2012
He was able to drive his car there and to physically maneuver into position to jump off the bridge. Had me wondering. The pain the family has to endure will be much greater without a better reason for jumping. And it will last for generations.