Mediagazer: Local Birmingham TV station reports former mayor's death, only to be fact-checked by AL.com (André Natta/Poynter)

3:35 PM ET, June 3, 2013

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André Natta / Poynter:

Local Birmingham TV station reports former mayor's death, only to be fact-checked by AL.com — Saturday morning saw a flurry of activity on social media channels in Birmingham, Ala., as local television station CBS 42 published a report at 11:27 a.m. CT that the city's former mayor, Larry Langford, had died in prison.

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