"Cinemas, museums and galleries will be able to reopen in England from 4 July, Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Tuesday as he outlines a further easing of coronavirus restrictions."
why not just wait till news happens THEN report it? If that doesn't happen after all, loads of people will have read it and be confused
They are reporters, they all want to be first with any "News". It's competition, not for information or reassurance. I don't think morals really come into it.
yes, the news is encouraging but only if it actually happens, which we wont know until it actually happens. its ithe "Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Tuesday" bit that I don't really get
sorry I thought I was clear (but obvs not)
I am asking why news outlets are reporting this story before it has actually happened. If something happened to change what he was going to say,it would be confusing
That's what I was trying to answer, but I doubt they are worried about people being confused. If they find out something which will sell, they will sell it. Maybe the government should stop giving them the heads-up, but then people complain they aren't being told anything...
they report it in advance because Boris (or more likely Cummings) told them in advance it was going to happen. That's how the government works: leaks to the press and broadcast media. (If they then change their minds and don't do it, eg if the plan proves unpopular, they can deny it all and blame reporters.)
// Still an obsession with the morning headlines I suppose.//
and being first wivda news
and the idea of a leak being more 'true' - see profumo - or bob boothby and the Krays (Milor' used to go to bed with the gay one)
or Trump asking if Mrs May had the bomb
// It is going to happen. That is why it’s been reported//
I am irresistably attracted to the phrase
" the end of the world is nigh"
that has been reported man many times - and whilst it is inevitable has yet to happen