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I apologize in advance for the tasteless nature of this post, but the larger issue interested me.

I happened to check BBC News this afternoon three minutes after they posted the story about David Carradine's death. The second paragraph read:
"Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals on Thursday morning."

Within half an hour, that had changed to:
"Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and body on Thursday morning."

As I write this, it now reads:
"Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found naked by a hotel maid in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body."

I'm not sure if BBC is getting conflicting/updated reports or if they're just not sure how to handle the delicacies of the situation -- but it's a little alarming that the news can change without there even really being any record that it used to be different. Winston Smith lives!

Date: 2009-06-04 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] canyonwren.livejournal.com
Interesting! I wonder if the first report was accurate. I'd been pondering an accidental death by misadventure, which although head-smacking dumb, sad and frustrating, sets the mind more at ease than suicide.

Date: 2009-06-04 07:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] dubaiwalla.livejournal.com
Aunty's RSS feeds are annoying for related reasons. Each appears twice in my LJ friends list, but updated stories often use different headlines with the original link.

Date: 2009-06-05 09:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qatar.livejournal.com
usericon WIN!

Date: 2009-06-05 08:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gustavolacerda.livejournal.com
that's why we need people like you, to publicize the changes.

Date: 2009-06-05 08:24 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
To quote some Pseudo-guru, "If life be sex, death be the orgasm." All too literal in this case, I suppose.
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