The AP confused an accused murderer with the lead singer of Limp Bizkit — theverge.com

In a brief from last night, an AP reporter confused accused murderer Robert Durst with Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Santa Monica-based NPR host Eric Roy spotted the error as it came over the AP wire — apparently the mistake was limited to a California AP broadcast. This morning, the news service posted this correction: In the second item of the California 10th NewsMinute sent March 16 to users of the state broadcast wire, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robert Durst is a member of a band. He is a real estate heir; Fred Durst is the former frontman of Limp Bizkit.

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