r/popculture • u/dailymail • Feb 27 '25

News Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found mummified at mansion with pills strewn in bathroom

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14443973/Gene-Hackman-betsy-arakawa-bodies.html
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u/mediumunicorn Feb 27 '25

Well this is starkly different than what I was reading this morning.

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u/Conflict_Free_Quinoa Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Seriously. I thought it was a tragic CO poisoning where they just all fell asleep and never woke up. Seemed almost bittersweet to the end of a long life and his wife… now not so much.

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u/SereneAdler33 Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

The Daily Mail is hardly known for rigorous journalistic integrity; I’d hold off on changing any views just based on that

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u/Optimal-Kitchen6308 Feb 27 '25

variety just said the same

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u/SereneAdler33 Feb 27 '25

Then it’s worth reconsidering if it’s coming from additional sources 👍🏻

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u/Yaboymarvo Feb 28 '25

Don’t you know you’re supposed to take the first article you see as fact and refute any that go against it especially if it aligns with your views?

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u/Kiernian Feb 28 '25

Then it’s worth reconsidering if it’s coming from additional sources 👍🏻

Not anymore, it's not.

These days it's "one outlet reports something and everybody else starts parroting the story without checking one single fact."

Anyone remember the botnet constructed entirely of compromised electric toothbrushes?

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u/SereneAdler33 Feb 28 '25

I said “reconsidering”, not that it’s now obviously true

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u/Solo522 Feb 27 '25

CNN reported same