US EditionMeet Bill DeBlasio, the man a British newspaper confused with ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
The Times of London apologized after wrongly attributing political comments to former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, confusing him with a Long Island wine importer sharing the same name.
- Last week, Bill DeBlasio, Long Island wine importer, replied to a Times of London reporter, unintentionally sparking an international news cycle after the paper misattributed his remarks to Bill de Blasio.
- For more than a decade, Bill DeBlasio, 59, says he has received emails meant for former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and used ChatGPT to fine-tune his response after the reporter addressed him as Mr. DeBlasio.
- The importer says he never called himself the mayor and that Semafor addressed him as Mr. DeBlasio; after, he forgot the exchange, went on vacation, and found it "absolutely hilarious."
- Bill de Blasio, former New York City Mayor, quickly disavowed the article and the Times of London apologized, saying its reporter was misled; Bill DeBlasio, Long Island wine importer, says he then received thousands of abusive messages from angry members of the public.
- In an op-ed published in The Nation on Thursday, Bill de Blasio blamed a `hyperpartisan` journalism landscape while Bill DeBlasio called the prank fair payback for harassment.
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Meet Bill DeBlasio, the man a British newspaper confused with ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
A Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio inadvertently grabbed international headlines this week after he responded to an email meant for another man with a similar name: former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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