Some Strange Food For Thought

I'm sort of a night owl and I stay up late on a regular basis.

It was about 1:30 a.m. last night (or should I say today waka waka) and I was about to go to bed but I wasn't entirely ready just yet.

Out of boredom I went to Google news just to browse around and found something peculiar.

The top news articles being posted (of course) were all about 9/11 and the memorial; talking about how special the memorial was and a video of politicians such as Bush making a speech.

How can it be possible for news related articles to be written and posted about an event that hadn't even happened yet? You expect me to believe that there were people gathered at the memorial at 1 in the morning? Or that people were making speeches at such an early time? Last I checked the ceremony wasn't supposed to happen till about 8 a.m.

here's an example

9/11 live video and article

The article speaks as if the memorial ceremony is already taking place and the video along with it shows it being broad daylight outside.
HOWEVER if you look underneath the title of the article you'll see that this article was published at 6:24 a.m. and updated at 7:31 a.m.

I wish I made this thread earlier when I was awake this morning to post the links at freaking 1 in the morning.

Point still stands however...

ATS peeps...same question...how is it possible to give "live coverage" and "accurate up to date news" on an event and speeches made at a ceremony that hadn't even happened yet? Or more importantly, WHY?

Sorry if I have misread,

but aren't you sure that they just knew the memorial was going to happen?

reply to post by ypperst


Yeah I know

This is why I should've posted the thread earlier this morning

Because the video attachments with those articles were still in daylight

It was just bizarre to see tis all

There was a ceremony yesterday that got huge coverage. It was to dedicate a Memorial. Bush, Clinton and Biden spoke at it. Main point is, it happened Yesterday not Today.

reply to post by Blaine91555


AHHHH well then that makes sense.

To make up for my error here's a joke:

What's the difference between 9/11 and a cow?

You stop milking the cow after 10 years.

Originally posted by Blaine91555
There was a ceremony yesterday that got huge coverage. It was to dedicate a Memorial. Bush, Clinton and Biden spoke at it. Main point is, it happened Yesterday not Today.

Nope, not according to the video and pics posted. It's definitely showing today's events. (Reading the names of the victims, etc.) I am as stumped as the OP, because the last update on the page is listed as 7:31 AM today-- prior to the actual events posted.

"Let's do the Time Warp again..."

reply to post by new_here


Wait so I did find something good here?

yay so I'm not crazy

Originally posted by evil12day
reply to post by new_here

 

Wait so I did find something good here?

yay so I'm not crazy

I see it the way you do. Last update listed is prior to event, yet vid and pics are from the event.

explanation:

TIME SLIP.

reply to post by new_here


Or is it like the Emmy's and those other hollywood awards? I could never figure that out. The commercials would show people at podiums (or is it podia?) laughing and talking, but yet the award ceremony would not be until a few days later. So, I always wondered, do they pre-tape it? (but then what about the "live" red carpet coverage?) And if they don't pre-tape it, do they just air a montage from earlier ceremonies from previous years?

So, is it possible they showed people from previous 9/11 ceremonies reading names and what not?

Maybe they were showing footage from last year's ceremony? If not, you may be on to something.

reply to post by Sphota


I thought the same thing too, but its usually clips from different shows that have already taken place... Take my word for it, the VMAs are something that I am not proud to admit that I have spent multiple hours researching