And has this obsession at The Teletubbygraph with live blogging got a little out of hand? Of all the things you could live blog is the death of a well known businessman, or even the death of anyone at all, the right sort of event? It lends itself to ongoing stories, so floods, earthquakes, political party conferences and other disasters are all suitable for live blogging. But this? How's that work?
1.55 Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died.
2.20 Steve Jobs still dead.
2.40 He's still dead.
3.05 Still dead.
3.20 The Daily Telegraph has spoken to medical experts who have confirmed that not being alive is a very common symptom of being dead.
3.30 Steve Jobs persistently not alive at this point.
3.45 Still not alive.
For Pete's sake, Tele, you've probably got obits for every other famous name all teed up somewhere ready to go the moment they drop off the twig, and sometimes before. Why not just dust it off, update it and click publish? The only reason I can think of for live blogging this is that Steve Jobs' death has been falsely reported a few times by reputable sources as well as hoaxers (that one was only last month), so there's an outside chance of an update to the effect of 'It's just another bloody hoax' around half five or something. Since even Apple's home page is showing a tribute photo and 'Steve Jobs 1955-2011' - which The Tele must know as they've used it too and they said where they got it - this seems a lot less likely than parts of the MSM still trying to work out this new media thingummy.
As for Steve Jobs himself, whatever I've had to say about his company (and there's more on the back burner) and some of its products, his death is still sad. I'm not joining this trend for mourning people you've never met, but the guy had a family and 56 is no age at all these days.
UPDATE - Oh, Christ.
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