r/breakingbad • u/Boring_Elevator3817 • 9h ago

RJ Mitte (Walt Jr) has passed 😥

Wow, I was shocked to hear this. They are saying it was suicide. So sad. He was only 34 years old. RIP, Flynn ❤️

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u/TheAllyCrime 7h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMZ

I mean, just a few years ago they reported Jerry Lee Lewis’s death before it even happened, and claimed Lil’ Wayne was in a coma breathing through tubes when he had actually already been released from the hospital.

In their “zeal” for breaking stories TMZ isn’t afraid to cut corners. They could very easily have published unfounded claims about suicide, which they can just retract later on without any real consequences.

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u/Givingtree310 6h ago

Are you saying they reported Jerry Lee Lewis’s death “before it even happened” and then it happened?!? Now that would be wild.

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u/TheAllyCrime 6h ago

Yep. They reported Lewis died, a rep/agent for him informed TMZ that he wasn’t dead, and then three days later he actually did die.

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u/Givingtree310 6h ago

💀💀💀💀

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u/Infinite_Case_2172 6h ago

TMZ: We'll see about that.

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u/midsumernighttts 4h ago

omg. i forgot about that lol.

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u/AdrianHD 1h ago

They aren’t impervious but for a website that posts nothing but news all day every day, a few instances out of that probably proves their track record more if anything.

Not that I’m defending what they do, it’s gross. It’s just unfortunately very accurate.

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u/TheAllyCrime 1h ago

That’s a fair point. They do produce a lot of content.