isn't that too bad... the sooner that FPOS achieves room temperature the better
Posted on 04/18/2013 7:56:33 PM PDT by Red Steel
Reuters accidentally published a pre-written obituary for George Soros on Thursday afternoon, declaring that the business titan had died at the ripe old age of "XXX."
Soros is alive and 82 years old, as a spokesperson confirmed to Quartz soon after.
The obituary recapped Soros' years as an investor and financier, while detailing his massive wealth, which is estimated to be $19 billion in total. New agencies frequently write framework obituaries for aging, prominent citizens years ahead of their eventual deaths, so it's likely that someone at Reuters simply hit "publish" by accident. But that still didn't stop the false story from becoming an immediate hot topic online, and Soros' name became a worldwide Twitter trend.
Reuters posted this tweet after noticing the mistake:
Reuters Top News ✔ @Reuters Reuters published an obituary of George Soros in error. Reuters withdrew the article as soon as it appeared. 3:59 PM - 18 Apr 2013
Many people still said they could access the article, however. And even after it had come down — more than an hour after its initial publication — entering "George Soros" into Google produced this results page:
Darn!
->>Reuters accidentally published a pre-written obituary for George Soros on Thursday afternoon, declaring that the business titan had died at the ripe old age of “XXX.”
Geez..was that a slip or what.
I’m sorry that the old vampire still lives..
I’m not getting fooled by Zombie Soros
Only his soul is dead.
Weekend At Georgie’s?
Age XXX. Man he looks A LOT older than 30.
isn't that too bad... the sooner that FPOS achieves room temperature the better
Well his SOUL has been dead for over seventy years, just ask the Jews.
Who here has Soros in their FR Dead Pool list? How many points is he worth?
A premature obituary turned Alfred Nobel’s life around.
We can hope it does the same for Soros.
Post it again I’m sure someone missed the three in the forum!
Didn’t do much for Alfred E. Neumann.
Damn.
"Look, isn't there something you can do...?"
Que “Twilight Zone” theme.
Soros and Mengele.
Two of a kind.
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