What is this? (Roman Polanski arrest report)

Factual Questions
1

When the Polanski case broke on Yahoo, I clicked the link and got this (copied verbatim from screenshot):

Is this newspaper people talk that got slipped into the article?

2

Edited title to make subject more specific.

3

Thanks, Miller.

4

In a word, yes. It’s been posted multiple times at Reddit.
Yes, it’s a mistake, but the notes/conversation is reassuringly professional, what with the talk of double-checking sources.

The mention of a possible UBS connection is the only real revelation (probably not the right term).

5

Thanks. Would you happen to know what some of those terms refer to? “writethru”, “ubs”, “aptn”?

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Other than the news talk - it is damn good news.

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Writethru I’m having a hard time nailing down, but I believe it’s when an article is updated and re-written with additional facts.

UBS is a major bank based in Switzerland, the implication is that the US government pushed for Switzerland to help nab Polanski is quid-pro-quo for helping out the bank. (Porbably nothing to it, though.)

APTN stands for the Associated Press Television Network.

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Thanks, garygnu… it makes a bit more sense now.

9

That’s correct.

10

Here is an article about the mistake.