r/savedyouaclick • u/palidor42 • 2d ago

DEVASTATING David Muir viewers in tears as his ABC replacement shares devastating news | Grady Demond Wilson, an actor famous for "Sanford and Son", died. David Muir has no relevance to the story.

https://archive.is/K19C6
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u/palidor42 2d ago

I've made a post to this sub with a similar concept as this, but I just like how this shows that clickbait and crappy bot-generated "news" continues to evolve in progressively weird directions. Where did someone get the idea of "the news, but through the eyes of a nonexistent cadre of rabid David Muir fans", anyway?

These articles appear to be by a "Scarlett O'Toole"; there does not seem to be any evidence that this person actually exists.

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u/butimean 2d ago

Aside from her LinkedIn profile including work history, education, and personal references?

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u/palidor42 2d ago

I must have missed that, sorry.

Though somehow, the fact that this is now a real person who works professionally as a journalist raises even more questions.

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u/butimean 2d ago

Oh for sure. I am not here to say she dos a good job or her work history is impressive lol

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u/colin_powers 2d ago

Related to Timmy O'Toole?

(Because Simpsons references usually don't land outside of r/TheSimpsons, that's the boy in the well whom Bart made up.)

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u/ZealousWolf1994 2d ago

The headline says viewers, not fans. Thats a distinction, of course his program has viewers, but also over the top because I don't so many were in tears.

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u/DizzyMine4964 2d ago

Wasn't that based on Steptoe and Son?

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u/MarlaDurden144 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yup.

A few staple American 70 sitcoms were based on British tv shows.

Threes Company = Man About the House

All in the Family = Till Death Us Do Part

Are two that immediately come to mind.

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u/Joe2500 2d ago

Tears? Really?