rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated...
Posted on 11/20/2020 6:46:22 AM PST by billorites
It is common practice for news organizations to pre-write the obituaries of famous people, to ensure prompt and accurate announcements; The New York Times has more than 1,800 waiting to be rapidly updated before they are published.
But Queen Elizabeth II, Pelé, the Brazilian soccer player, Clint Eastwood, Brigitte Bardot, and many other world leaders, scientists, authors and celebrities discovered on Monday that French broadcaster, radio france international, had published their obituaries, much earlier than planned.
As reported by The New York Times, the obituaries—in unedited draft format—were accidentally published as the website was moved to a new content management system. Unfortunately for rfi, these obituaries were then automatically picked up by online platforms such as Google and Yahoo News.
As reported by Le Parisien, the channel apologized for its problème technique (technical problems).
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Just mark them down as COVID deaths to justify the next round of lockdowns.
Voulez-vous blamez l’intern?
OOPS!
Left Wing political porn?..............
Bob Hope was concerned when one breakfast he heard on the radio that he had died.
Sure enough, a while later, he DID die.
Maybe mine has as well. Running a 100°F fever as I FReep.
rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated...
They accidentally got a hold of the list of people who know too much about Hillary Clinton.
I wonder how many “celebrities” are unhappy that they are not important enough to have pre-written obituaries.
Really funny!
I was hoping to read of a MOAB “accidently” being dropped at Davos.
I think a lot of these ‘accidental’ releases are actually a deeply held Wish List.
Cretins.
Does this explain why Fox News posted the chiron on the death of Ruth Badger Ginsberg long before her ‘recorded’ death?
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