04/16/01: CNN's mock-up of Cheney obituary exposed to the public

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cnnobit1.html

APRIL 16--While all news organizations prepare obituaries in advance of the deaths of famous individuals, the folks at CNN inadvertently gave the Internet-surfing public a chance to preview how the network's web site would note the demise of Vice President Dick Cheney, Ronald Reagan, and a few other prominent figures. Until earlier this afternoon, a CNN server housed mock-ups of web pages announcing the yet-to-happen deaths. The CNN pages, which were discovered by the intrepid folks at fark.com, were yanked about 20 minutes after being exposed (though TSG was able to grab a few of the pages for posterity's sake). The premature obituaries, housed in a publicly accessible area of the CNN server and searchable via Google, were apparently the work of Peter Rentz, a senior multimedia designer at CNN. The mock-ups are virtually identical to the obituary design currently used by CNN when a notable person dies (click here to see how CNN covered the Queen Mother's March 2002 death). In fact, elements of the Queen Mum's obit template can be seen in the below Cheney design. In addition to Cheney and Reagan, CNN also prepped online farewells to Fidel Castro, Bob Hope, Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, and Gerald Ford.

[CottonBear]

1. Has he had a stroke? The right side of his face doesn't move.

Maybe he damaged a nerve in his face. It happened to Ralph Nader.
The old bastard keeps hanging in there. Maybe he's a vampire. :sarcasm: :hi: Agent Mike!

[FSogol]

4. Remember when you Mom said, "Don't make

that face or it will freeze like that"?

[zbdent]

2. What's scary is

that it probably wasn't an error . . . that Cheney is "undead" . . .

[Tesla]

3. He's like the animals in "Pet Cemetery"

Dead on the inside...



And stinking to HIGH HEAVEN!!!

[Arugula Latte]

11. Oh Jeez, you're right.

He must feast on human blood ... :scared:

[NJCher]

5. look at the pic

Smirkin' and sneerin' right to the end!


Cher

[zbdent]

6. . . . and beyond . . .

[Richardo]

7. I want to click the link on his 'Life as a Queen Consort'

(Second entry in the 'Biography' section on the lower left.) :rofl:

[Mad_Dem_X]

8. "UK's Favorite Grandmother"

Never knew *that* about ol' Dick.

[txindy]

9. It's the dignified way he makes 1/2 of his face 'smile' & the other sneer

Talent. You just can't find that, anymore.

:rofl:

[DemoTex]

10. "Her World at War"

She loves her wars, our Queen Cheney. Now I think I know who invited Jeff Gannon to the W-H. It was the Queen.