30-11-2022, 11:58 PM
(30-11-2022, 12:04 PM)W. Knight Wrote: Back in 2011: ATV News in Hong Kong first broke the news of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's death. 11 years too early, to be exact:
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Fastforwarding into late night, they even got to the lengths of changing their DOG into an obituary black symbol, albeit only thoughout the news:
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Later investigations found the higher-ups pressed the news department to air the report ASAP, as well as changing the symbol. The vice-chiefs, failed to stop the press, resigned; while the station was fined $300 thousand HKD.
It’s a Chinese counterpart of Cat 1 death, but the state broadcaster began to air its obit package 90 minutes after the death was announced on social media platforms - then on the main channel one hour later. Quite different than former leader Deng Xiaoping’s death 25 years ago.