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Re: Deadline, it's standard operating procedure for sites to prep stories they expect to break soon.

Posted by New, Better David (aka David) Oct 8 '20, 22:41

Pence having COVID is a reasonable supposition. So, I fully understand why they had an article ready, but somebody must have hit the wrong button on WordPress.

I live in constant fear of articles going live before I want them to publish.

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Yup... you do it when you expect news to come... but you don't put it somewhere that it can be insta-published. - secretslacker Oct 9, 03:45
can't be worse than the guy who accidentally sent out the early warning that No Korea launched a nuke you have 30m to live -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 9, 02:42
Happens with obits sometimes. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 8, 22:48 1
- double obits even -- nm - 🎃 Bud S. Pumpkins 🎃 Oct 8, 22:55
On a glorious [insert date]'s night, the Detroit Lions ascended football's Mount Olympus and seized the Lombardi Trophy... -- nm - prep for anything Oct 8, 22:44

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