Player vs character knowledge

[DnDPnPPlayer]

One way I've handled the "I read on the forums but my char wouldn't know it" was to play it off like " I didn't know him/her" tell about them.  Just the other day some mentioned Dorf dieing.... my char had no knowledge of it even I did.... so I played it off as... "I had heard rumors of such.... and feared it may be true.... now hearing from your mouth makes me believe."..... this way I get some roleplaying in... and the characters that knew the deceased can talk and share and remeber the person.... just like.  "Remeber when crazy grandpa did xyz?... man I miss that guy". That's one way you can tell good rp... or immersion. Then your character starts to learn more and interact more and you have less and less worry about PC knowledge vs Char knowledge.