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In the same way that obituaries are often drafted by newspapers in advance of a person's demise, the same is true of reactions to world events. In totalitarian
by vanusa 5y ago
In the same way that obituaries are often drafted by newspapers in advance of a person's demise, the same is true of reactions to world events.
In totalitarian regimes (and those strongly on the spectrum of totalitarian), sure -- you can bet this happens all the time.
Otherwise? It's basically unheard of. Yes, it has happened as in the case of the Apollo mission (and in niche areas like sporting events) - but by no means does it happen "often".
- loktarogar 5y agoThere's nothing totilitatian in itself about pre-preparing a few versions of media releases etc. The BBC has a pre-prepared version of the Queen's obituary, for example. I know Australian government departments regularly prepare media releases that never happen (from friends in those departments).
- vanusa 5y agoThe BBC has a pre-prepared version of the Queen's obituary, for example. Aside from obituaries, we were talking about. I know Australian government departments regularly prepare media releases that never happen (from friends in those departments). News agencies, we were talking about. Not public relations departments.