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Journalists do allot of that. They aren't out chasing news 24/7. During the slack time or when they anticipate a typical event, they write out what they anticipate will develop.

It isn't all that different than prognostications in Live Threads on FR that open hours before the 'event'. Many early posters post what they anticipate will happen.

Media news and newspapers have, for ages, had the pre-written files containing bio's of various well-known persons, for unexpected deaths, etc.

IIRC, during the announcement of Bob Hope's death, for example, CNN ran an obit of Phyllis Diller. Ironically, Phyllis laughed about it, as she was being interview, alive, on another network. MSM has, numerous times, slipped up and posted/published obits for still-living persons.

They pre-write during slack times, so they can rush to press when the event actually happens. Watch the AP Breaking News website. Many times, they will have posted articles about events, written as if the event is in process or concluded. Sometimes they have to post a retraction, but not times, of errors, they just simply issued an update.

After all, the important this is this: It is fake, but accurate.