Well, like milliions, I read the Sunday paper this morning only to find Parade magazine wondering what will happen if Benazir Bhutto wins Pakistan's election this Tuesday.
And like millions, I'm pretty sure she won't, since she was assassinated on December 27. Then again, a dead guy beat John Ashcroft for the U.S. Senate (so Bush promptly appointed Ashcroft Attorney General).
I can understand a large publication has a lead time. And I can understand that millions of dollars are involved. But if you want to be a news publication, you have to decide which is more important.
Parade has issued a statement that they felt what bhutto had to say was too important to make a change. Fine.
But they could have said so in advance--maybe even boosting newspaper sales. They didn't.
Money trumps news.
Yeah, I know--no newsflash there.
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If I understood this correctly, Parade posted prediction news about someone who was dead? LOL! That's terrible.
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