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So good -- I remember seeing one in the NYT when the George Zimmerman jury verdict was reached, that was just a XX/XX/XXXX in the date section. Assuming they h

So good -- I remember seeing one in the NYT when the George Zimmerman jury verdict was reached, that was just a XX/XX/XXXX in the date section. Assuming they had both articles written. I suspect this will only become more and more common in the "publish first, edit later" evolving world of online journalism.

StavrosK 13y ago
The other way to look at it is that it is the logical way to go about optimizing delivery times. Parallelize everything you can. I don't see why people are shitting on it, it's not like you'll wait for the designer to pretty up your web app before you can implement the functionality you want.
aestra 13y ago
It is known that news organizations already have obits for prominent figures written and ready to be published at a moment's notice. CNN accidentally exposed some of these in 2003. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cnn-chagrined-over-premature-obits/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cnn-chagrined-over-premature-obi...
goatforce5 13y ago
It's been standard practice since long before the Web to have pre-written obituaries for high profile people (politicians, royals, the Pope, etc.) and to update them periodically. When someone of this stature dies, the newspapers will have multiple pages of content ready to roll-out with minimal editing. Some people once found a bunch of work-in-progress obits on CNN's website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries#The_CNN.com_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries#Th... And the BBC had a 30 min comedy about an obit writer who saved their job by murdering high-profile individuals: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653345/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653345/
- sharkweek 13y ago
  Reminds me of the SNL clip where Tom Brokaw was going on vacation and had to pre-record every possible news story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhwiuRbOEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhwiuRbOEE

StavrosK 13y ago

The other way to look at it is that it is the logical way to go about optimizing delivery times. Parallelize everything you can. I don't see why people are shitting on it, it's not like you'll wait for the designer to pretty up your web app before you can implement the functionality you want.

aestra 13y ago

It is known that news organizations already have obits for prominent figures written and ready to be published at a moment's notice. CNN accidentally exposed some of these in 2003. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cnn-chagrined-over-premature-obits/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cnn-chagrined-over-premature-obi...

goatforce5 13y ago

It's been standard practice since long before the Web to have pre-written obituaries for high profile people (politicians, royals, the Pope, etc.) and to update them periodically. When someone of this stature dies, the newspapers will have multiple pages of content ready to roll-out with minimal editing. Some people once found a bunch of work-in-progress obits on CNN's website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries#The_CNN.com_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries#Th... And the BBC had a 30 min comedy about an obit writer who saved their job by murdering high-profile individuals: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653345/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653345/

sharkweek 13y ago
Reminds me of the SNL clip where Tom Brokaw was going on vacation and had to pre-record every possible news story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhwiuRbOEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhwiuRbOEE