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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy the delay in announcment of Scalia's death, "apparently" of natural causes"?
CNN just announced that the President wasn't notified until this afternoon. There was one story most of the day. My stink-o-meter is in just registered Reeks to High Heaven, it's highest measure.
Who was he sharing the room with? Was there something in the room that needed to be removed? If they had to clean up God know what, what would take so long?
Even notification of family shouldn't take 10 hours.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)A lot of people have died that way. We should respect the privacy of the family when someone is found dead from this practice.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)kairos12
(12,869 posts)kairos12
(12,869 posts)Ex Lurker
(3,815 posts)it may have taken some time to get confirmation.
spotbird
(7,583 posts)Even a Texan can figure that out.
They didn't even tell the President?
Ex Lurker
(3,815 posts)I doubt calling the white house would be their #1 priority at the time. Now if he had a bodyguard or aide with him, yeah, the delay would be a bit suspicious.
spotbird
(7,583 posts)His arrogance would prevent such a thing if nothing else. As a piratical matter he needed security.
What if he ran out of Scotch or toothpaste? He was going to the liquor store in his Cadillac?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)Yavin4
(35,445 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)spotbird
(7,583 posts)The love fest is disgusting, no one mentions the corruption. But this is ridiculous by even American media standards.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)They were waiting for a posthumous apology from Scalia for Cheney shooting him.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)death included anything nefarious.
Scalia's LIFE did, but probably not his death.
spotbird
(7,583 posts)Shit, I don't need a coroner to tell if a body is dead?
Why would you think a man who lived his life with no moral compass would die differently than he lived?
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)spotbird
(7,583 posts)there isn't much more to it.
It doesn't take long to tell someone is dead.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Without a wooden stake or some silver bullets, this could have turned out tragically.
LiberalArkie
(15,728 posts)femmedem
(8,204 posts)Good point.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)spotbird
(7,583 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)...even if a political figure or celebrity...a coroner MUST notify family before releasing any details of a death. Who knows if he was at this resort alone or with a spouse. I read he had nine kids. I'd assume if his wife was there they wanted to notify the kids before releasing to the public. Nothing worse than reading your dad is dead on TMZ.
I'd just say settle down with the tin foil hat on this one.
spotbird
(7,583 posts)The President wasn't notified for six to eight hours. That is just not plausible.
rug
(82,333 posts)Iggo
(47,563 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)1971, middle of the night. All of a sudden I started getting calls from reporters.
Some guy from ABC was trying to intimidate me into telling what was happening.
Interesting night.
spotbird
(7,583 posts)make the announcement offical.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)The calls came like they had a source on the ward! I was told to say a statement would forthcoming.
left on green only
(1,484 posts).....that 'ranch' in west Texas was The Mustang Ranch. If that is the case, I'm sure you will understand the need for 'diplomacy' in the latent release of the news.
spotbird
(7,583 posts)That no one noticed is not especially surprising.
left on green only
(1,484 posts)spanone
(135,859 posts)kairos12
(12,869 posts)works for Thomas you know.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)it did not work.