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>>colone+(OP)
Fun fact: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/09/security-update/ was published at 16:42:44. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/technology/facebook-hack-... was published at 16:45:41. NYT writes fast :)

>>testpl+a5
In the journalism world, pre-written articles are apparently quite common. I assume they had a boilerplate already for the next Facebook controversy, and just wrote 2-3 opening paragraphs that were relevant for this one.

CNN many years ago accidentally left some of their pre-written obituaries for (living) world figures publically accessible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premature_obituaries#T...

>>laken+46
The FB press release was probably shared early with the agreement it would be embargoed by the media until FB made it official.

It's not uncommon. It's how you build "friendly" relationships with the media. I scratch your back, you scratch mine.