"The Pope is dead" - But he's not

[forre]

Swedish television, SVT, three days ago announced the death of Pope John Paul II. Except, the Holy Father is still alive. Aftonbladet has the screen shot.

In Sweden, public broadcaster SVT apologized for publishing a story on its Web site Thursday that said the pope had died.

The erroneous report appeared for several hours before it was removed. SVT spokeswoman Agneta Aakerlund said a reporter who was preparing an obituary hit the wrong key.

The same thing happened to Norwegian television NRK in November when they prematurely announced the obituary of Yasser Arafat, while he was still alive.


That's called being practical if you are in entertainment business!

[QueenBee]

Originally Posted by forre

SVT spokeswoman Agneta Aakerlund said a reporter who was preparing an obituary hit the wrong key.

HAHAHA! Well, it's pretty obvious he's gonna die soon anyway... but that was priceless.

[Shakrin]

how old is the pope anyway? cuz in that picture... he looks pretty old. lol