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CBS erroneously publishes obituary for former first lady Barbara Bush
SacBee ^ | April 15, 2018 | Don Sweeney

Posted on 04/15/2018 5:04:58 PM PDT by conservative98

CBS News erroneously published an online obituary Sunday afternoon for former first lady Barbara Bush, whose family announced earlier in the day that she was in failing health.

The story’s headline read “DO NOT PUBLISH – Former first lady Barbara Bush d*es at age 92 DO NOT PUBLISH.” It was briefly published on cbsnews.com, then taken down.

The first lines of the story read, “Barbara Bush, the witty, gregarious matriarch of a political dynasty that propelled two of its members to the White House and dominated Republican politics for decades, has died after a series of recent hospitalizations. She was 92. A Bush family spokesman said Bush passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by loved ones.”

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bushfamily; cbs; fakenews; msmcaught; seebs; seebsnews
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1 posted on 04/15/2018 5:04:58 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Temporarily erroneous.


2 posted on 04/15/2018 5:06:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: conservative98
The story’s headline read “DO NOT PUBLISH

Kind of like those signs that say "Keep Off the Grass".

3 posted on 04/15/2018 5:07:42 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: conservative98

See BS still follows Rather Rules of fake but accurate, they just got the date wrong.


4 posted on 04/15/2018 5:23:15 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: conservative98
Loved her in Naked Gun Part 2


5 posted on 04/15/2018 5:34:13 PM PDT by massmike (Can I really be the only one that hopes his city gets an XFL team in 2020?)
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To: conservative98

When did such a cruel announcement happen to a dying Democrat?


6 posted on 04/15/2018 5:38:10 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: conservative98

This is not the first time that the media declares someone dead when in fact they are still alive. Either they are retarded and incompetent or do it purposely.


7 posted on 04/15/2018 5:40:56 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: conservative98

Yeh but how were they expected to know NOT TO PUBLISH the headline?


8 posted on 04/15/2018 5:44:59 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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ahhh...the libs NEVER disappoint.
more idiots at the helm who get paid way too much.


9 posted on 04/15/2018 5:45:10 PM PDT by connyankee (#covfefe lives!)
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Typical of the media. Newspapers have been keeping pre written obits on hand for decades. Just goes to show you can’t believe everything you read. “A Bush family spokesman said Bush passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by loved ones.” Really? What if she were to walk out on the front lawn and drops dead there?


10 posted on 04/15/2018 5:53:58 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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Exactly. That line niw makes me question all the details in obits and other articles.


11 posted on 04/15/2018 6:00:49 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Most news organizations and companies have obituaries ready all the time.


12 posted on 04/15/2018 6:04:30 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: conservative98

Clearly she’s perhaps hours away


13 posted on 04/15/2018 6:17:42 PM PDT by montag813
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Normally you'd tag this as "Fake News".

But because, 1) It's coming from CBS, and 2) It's against a member of the Bush family, it should be labeled instead as:

           Fake But Accurate News

14 posted on 04/15/2018 6:36:08 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: conservative98

Fake News. Again.


15 posted on 04/15/2018 6:47:55 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: conservative98
It's like my dad always said, "If you're not five minutes early, you're late."

Punctuality is the courtesy of princes.
 

16 posted on 04/15/2018 7:23:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: montag813
Or may be eaten by a pack of wolves.


17 posted on 04/15/2018 7:23:58 PM PDT by conservative98
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They apparently confused her and R. Lee Ermey.

Easy mistake to make ... /sarc


18 posted on 04/15/2018 7:36:37 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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they had pope john paul 2 dead 5 times before his ticker stopped. there are other famous people they have posted dead while they were out to dinner feeling fine. idiots...

anyways...pray that if this is her time that shes soon to meet Jesus.


19 posted on 04/15/2018 7:51:59 PM PDT by se_ohio_buckwye
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To: conservative98

CBS thought the article referred to Trump - they were worried that CNN would beat them in the Fake News race, so they had no choice but to run it, and not lose their title.


20 posted on 04/15/2018 9:30:38 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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