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The text reads:
Murder by the Book
Michael Connelly
Sat. Jul 10, 10:00p – 11:00p
071 TRUTV
Michael Connelly taks about how he past as an investigative reporter gave him material for his novels.
2008 | TV14 | 60 Mins
Who writes for Comcast (or TRUTV)?
Maybe a little detective work is in order....
Go to TRUTV's schedule
Click Murder by the Book...
Oh, no: “No programming information.”
Back-up and click Michael Connelly.
Same page – no info.
OK, let's try TV Guide.
Aha! TV Guide's description reads:
Michael Connelly: Author Michael Connelly discusses the case of Christopher Wilder, who was wanted by the FBI for his alleged roles in rapes and murders involving 11 women in eight states. Wilder accidentally killed himself as the police tried to arrest him in New Hampshire.
Who wrote the mangled text in Comcast's description above? And, are the two captions for the same episode? There's more info in the TV Guide blurb than in Comcast's. Where TVG get it? If TRUTV, then I suspect Comcast gets the blame for the garble.
A bit more investigation: Checked the TV listings for the Denver Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, NY Post, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. None had any description for this episode.
For example, from the Denver Post:
For example, from the Denver Post:
Nada.
A Bing search produces, besides duplicates of some-of-the-above:
There's the infamous text!
Click Full Episode Info...
More info, but no indication of the original source...
Somewhere, deep in the hidden recesses of listing information is the originator of the incoherence first shown.
But where?
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