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In the bad old days of Big Newspaper, they had pre-written obituaries for all the famous people who might die. Henry Kissinger is 99 years old. Jimmy Carter is
by AlbertCory 4y ago
In the bad old days of Big Newspaper, they had pre-written obituaries for all the famous people who might die.
Henry Kissinger is 99 years old. Jimmy Carter is almost 98. It would be journalistic malpractice not to have their obits all ready.
- glandium 4y agoI don't know why you say that in past tense. They still do.
- boyter 4y agoCan confirm. I have previously done work for a broadcaster and they have packages ready to go for most older famous people. If not a package a collection of media ready to be cut into one.
- underwater 4y agoThis is still common today. They also run fire drills on a regular basis for major figures.
- indrora 4y agoThere's been fire drills inside the BBC for the queen for years: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens...
- davidjohnstone 4y agoThe New York Times' article on her life has a couple of corrections for things that look like they were written earlier and not updated with the latest when published. For example: > The earlier version misstated at one point the length of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. It was seven decades, not “almost seven decades.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/world/europe/queen-elizab...
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- kalleboo 4y agoThe Onion take on this practice https://www.theonion.com/note-do-not-run-until-fucking-queen-is-dead-or-people-1849511595 https://www.theonion.com/note-do-not-run-until-fucking-queen...