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Report: AP has Britney's obituary written
Submitted by ChrisB on January 18, 2008.According to Usmagazine.com, the Associated Press has already written Britney Spears' obituary. Really. As Us tells it:
"We are not wishing it, but if Britney passed away, it’s easily one of the biggest stories in a long time," AP entertainment editor Jesse Washington tells Us.
"I think one would agree that Britney seems at risk right now," Washington adds. "Of course, we would never wish any type of misfortune on anybody and hope that we would never have to use it until 50 years from now…but if something were to happen, we would have to be prepared."
Washington also says the AP has a "pretty extensive obituary operation," and that staffers are "constantly adding people."
I don't know. I'm really, really trying not to be a hand-wringing moralist, but say what you will about Britney (and, trust me, we have), it just seems to me that if the AP has a "pretty extensive obituary operation" they should be able to throw something together once, she actually, you know, dies.
Maybe someone at the AP got inspired by this video and wanted to take some time off and not miss a big scoop.
(Hat tip to HuffPo)
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imaginary embracey said on January 18, 2008:
It's actually standard operating procedure for news orgs to have a working file of obits ready to tweak when the Grim Reaper comes knockin' at a famous person's door.
This reminds me of a season-4 episode of Mary Tyler Moore in which Mary, updating WJM's obit file late one night, concocts a faux obituary for Minneapolis' oldest living resident, Wee Willie Williams... and it's read on the air by Ted Baxter the next day when Wee Willie actually dies.
I can only imagine how Britney comes off in hers.
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The Grim said on January 18, 2008:
Hahaha, Chris. That SNL skit was also the first thing I thought of when I read this headline.
Maybe if we're lucky, we'll get another embarrassing and hysterical video from the "leave britney alone" kid out of this.