Remember when CNN got busted for preparing web memorials?

Paragon

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Sat Jun-05-04 09:34 AM
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Remember when CNN got busted for preparing web memorials?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cnnobit1.html

Sadly, this one has also not yet come to pass:

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HawkerHurricane

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Sat Jun-05-04 09:46 AM
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1. Doing what newspapers do...

pre write the obit; means you can insert it in the morning edition even if you find out he died in the middle of the night...

Of course, if you get a false report, there you are with a obit published for a guy who ain't dead.

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SheilaT

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Sat Jun-05-04 11:23 AM
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2. And updating the bios

for death notices of public figures is usually assigned to a low-level new reporter. At least that's the case in local newspapers.

The Mary Tyler Moore show did an episode where Mary (as punishment for some other transgression) was assigned to update all the bios in their files, and after working nonstop for many hours, she got quite silly and put all kinds of nonsense in one, and wouldn't you know, the guy died and a totally frivolous and incorrect bio was put out.

In the show it was amusing and harmless, in real life it would be devastating to the family.

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sleipnir

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Sat Jun-05-04 11:27 AM
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3. The Dick Cheney one is really for the Queen Mother, who died.

Edited on Sat Jun-05-04 11:31 AM by sleipnir

Read the stuff under, like the Bio/Features/Resources, etc...

Odd, because the image source is right off of the Smoking Gun....

And it's the same one that CNN put up when she died. Can you say TSG is faking this shit??? I'm calling Bullshit! on TSG.

Check this out....

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/queen.mum/

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Cooley Hurd

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Sat Jun-05-04 11:30 AM
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4. Cripes, Bob Hope was dead twice before actually dying...

...due to a pre-pagenated obit hitting the public accidentally.

That's why, when he finally did die, I didn't believe it at first.

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