Overview
- YES Network’s communications chief Eric Handler said he spoke with Paul O’Neill and confirmed the analyst does not have cancer.
- Two separate Facebook posts recently went viral falsely claiming a cancer diagnosis for the 62-year-old former Yankees outfielder.
- At least one post linked to a bogus web article that used fabricated quotes attributed to Yankees executives.
- A YES spokesperson emailed news outlets to correct the record after the false claims drew wide attention online.
- The episode was cited by reporters as another example of how AI-generated and fabricated content can spread and persist on social platforms, with at least one post still live.