CNN has something prepared for its last broadcast before the doomsday clock strikes midnight. Seriously. It was Ted Turner’s idea, and he when he owned the network, he got what he wanted. So there is video, ready to go, for the last CNN employee to key up and run for an audience of … well, who knows? But that employee had best be sure to follow protocol. There is a warning on the network’s video database to anyone attempting to access the final signoff. It reads:
HFR till end of the world confirmed.
HFR, for those not in the trade, is short for: Hold For Release.
Not exactly clear who is to make the call confirming the world’s end. But never mind, one suspects that the world isn’t going anywhere for a while, though the same cannot be said of CNN.
