Talk:Ken Bastida

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Not the same Dana King. Please remove hyperlink. -wtk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.241.206 (talk) 18:33, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He died[edit]

He was set on fire while celebrating his birthday. R~I~P Spin off 19:04, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, no ... that's something he's known for having said. -- 70.109.45.74 (talk) 05:13, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dana King incident[edit]

Are we seriously going to pretend that Bastida isn't most well known for the on-air gaffe where he accidentally suggested Dana King was murdered?

http://sfist.com/2008/06/11/dana_king_murdered_set_on_fire.php

The clip has 3.1 million views on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG4UMxP3HsM

It's (by far) the most notorious thing Bastida's ever done, yet it's nowhere to be found on his Wikipedia page. In fact, checking the edit logs, every time someone attempts to add it, it gets quickly reverted. Which, frankly, makes no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.13.166 (talk • contribs)

Gee, that was fast. Thanks for addressing my argument, though! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.13.166 (talk • contribs)

As I noted in my edit summary, it's just a random slip of tongue, not commented upon by reliable sources. As such, it doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:00, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The NY Post isn't a real source? http://nypost.com/2008/05/25/news-bloopers-find-eternal-life-on-youtube/
I just want to add that the incident is related to half of the links that come up when you Google 'Ken Bastida'. You're telling me the most famous thing he ever did is not notable enough for an encyclopedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.13.166 (talk • contribs)

Most Google hits for this incident are blog posts and the like; these aren't reliable sources. New York Post is, but it lists the incident as one of a half dozen similar bloopers - do we need an article about each? - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:50, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, we don't need an article ABOUT each. However, it might be helpful to mention this particular case on the already existing article about the anchor since it is what his name is synonymous with to a lot of people, particularly outside of the US where they won't have seen him on TV. --StrexcorpEmployee (talk) 01:20, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]