AP mistakes impersonator for Christopher Walken

[oberliner]

WASHINGTON—An Associated Press reporter mistook an impersonator of actor Christopher Walken on a sports-talk radio program for Walken himself, leading the news cooperative to include comments mistakenly attributed to the actor in its coverage of the Natalie Wood death investigation.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/11/18/ap_mistakes_impersonator_for_christopher_walken/

Funny - but also a sad commentary on the state of the media and news.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Bit sick

but at the same time good to see someone mugging off the media.

[oberliner]

2. He does this Walken impression every week

The AP reporter could have done a minimal amount of research to find that out.

[dipsydoodle]

3. I just meant

at this particular point in time.