Talk:John Basedow

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[edit] FCY Travis...

Can you please explain what you think is wrong with the following text? You have twice now changed it without explaination. Kingturtle (talk) 17:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

"Following the December 2004 tsunami PRWeb reported that Basedow was missing Thailand and feared dead. This was later retracted, and Basedow denied even being in Thailand at the time."

Because it wasn't "PRWeb" that reported it - PRWeb is merely a press release distribution service. Someone made up a hoax fabricated release and distributed it through PRWeb. Further, we don't need to say that "Basedow denied even being in Thailand" like there's even an issue there to legitimize - it's not. The release was a lie, we call it that and be done. :) FCYTravis (talk) 17:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)