As I write this, I have absolutely no knowledge of the state of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's health.
Unfortunately, someone at Fox News goofed, airing a notice that she had died. As noted here, the network apologized. I haven't followed this matter other than being aware that it happened. But I don't doubt that there were folks out there accusing the network of wishing she actually was dead.
Aside from the slip-up, the people at Fox were simply doing what larger journalistic organizations do: preparing for certain future events. A newspaper such as The New York Times has probably hundreds of canned obituaries ready for use when needed. When a famous person dies, they simply add a few sentences citing the date of death and perhaps some surrounding circumstances.
And if the person is well known such as Justice Ginsburg, headlines are prepared. I know this from past experience.
In March of 1964 I was in Tokyo for a week's temporary duty at Stars & Stripes, the armed forces overseas daily newspaper. At that time General Douglas MacArthur was in failing health, and a S&S staffer was walking across the newsroom with a dummy front page with two-plus inch type announcing "MACARTHUR DIES."
As it happened, he hung on for nearly another month, but that headline or something similar was eventually used.
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