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I believe that pre-writing articles for both sides of major binary decisions and only releasing the one that turns out to be correct is standard practice at lar
by YurgenJurgensen 4y ago
I believe that pre-writing articles for both sides of major binary decisions and only releasing the one that turns out to be correct is standard practice at large news organisations, where the value of being first to publish is far higher than the cost of writing two articles.
- kadoban 4y agoEspecially when you have a leaked opinion and already know what it's going to say.
- rg111 4y agoUnrelated: A journalist friend told me that their (very big) media firm started writing obituaries of the public figures as soon as they landed in hospital and were old. There were many (tens) obituaries written for the people who went to live on for more years or are are still living.
- boeingUH60 4y agoSometimes, they publish it by mistake - https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/french-radio-mistakenly-publishes-obituaries-of-queen-elizabeth-pele-issues-apology.html https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/french-radio...