Steve Jobs obituary published by Bloomberg

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That though sickens me. I'm not a mac fan, but Steve Jobs is an icon in computing, and to write up a stock obituary for him before he's even dead is disgusting. :no:

this is standard practice. it may also traumatise you to learn many people in the public eye not only have obituaries written for them, but they have their funeral plans made well well in advance. it's not especially nice but it's one of those things, unfortunately.

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That though sickens me. I'm not a mac fan, but Steve Jobs is an icon in computing, and to write up a stock obituary for him before he's even dead is disgusting. :no:

No biggie. All major people have these things pre-written. In fact, there was an accidental publishing of a President Ronald Reagan obit before he died.

EDIT: Lots more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries

It's nothing to get worked up over enough to think it is "disgusting".

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It's a time saver for them, write it up in advance with blank spots, and fill them in with information when it really happens.

While I agree on principle as a time saver, I have a much bigger problem with this. The Daily Show did several skits on reporters pre-writing news and having several alternative angles depending on the events. Things like the war in Iraq, Political events and such. I think this impacts on the quality of news, fact gathering and being relevant with the story. If a judge pre-wrote their conclusions about a case, it would be morally reprehensible. Reporters are held to high standards.

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Very dumb. Similar thing happened in England a few years ago when some office junior at a newspaper noticed a journalist was updating the obituary of the Queen Mother.

This brightspark alerted other colleagues that the Queen Mother was dead and quicker than you could blink the story was all over the international media.

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No biggie. All major people have these things pre-written. In fact, there was an accidental publishing of a President Ronald Reagan obit before he died.

Reagan died one year into his second term. What was president after that was a reanimated corpse cybernetically controlled by HW Bush.

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