[View the story "Two presidents and a funeral" on Storify ]Two presidents and a funeral Conflicting reports and an evolving news narrative emerge Egypt, while netizens work to separate fact from hearsay. Storified by The Stream · Tue, Jun 19 2012 19:06:21
OUSTED EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK CLINICALLY DEAD - SOURCESReuters Top News
BREAKING: Egypt state news agency says Mubarak is "clinically dead."The Associated Press
Earlier on Tuesday Egypt's state news agency MENA quoted medical sources as saying that the former president was "clinically dead" after he was rushed to hospital.
Some were immediately sceptical of the initial news and the use of the term "clinically dead".
Is Mubarak Dead?AJstream
(Screenshot from ismubarakdead.com taken at 22:29GMT on June 19th, 2012)
Not tweeting anything about #Mubarak until it's confirmed by at least 100 sources.Mona Eltahawy
Clinically dead. What's that? I would think you're either dead or alive. #mubarakMmbangiseni Mukwevho
Last time I checked, someone that's clincally dead.... is dead.Ben
I think we should probably all know better than to believe these Mubarak death reports at face valueJohn Podhoretz
How many times a year does Mubarak die?Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Some mourned his death:
deeply sad #mubarak #egyptSarah ElSayad
Mubarak clinically dead :( u will always be remembered positively in my head! To all those responsible for his passing Rabena yehwareekooSherry El Kilany
Al Jazeera's producers in Cairo gave us a view from the ground:
#Tahrir is celebrating like no other, can't even distinguish between the different chantsآدم
Sitting here in the AJA bureau back from Tahrir and working. Lots of speculation about these Mubarak rumors.Evan Hill
Broadening the discussion, some connected the issue to the state of the Egyptian revolution:
Is #Egypt's revolution clinically dead as well? #MubarakAhmed Shihab-Eldin
I hope #Mubarak dying doesn't distract from what is really going on in #egyptSherine Arafa
Whether #Mubarak is dead or not - Clearly #SCAF wants everybody to continue talking about him. More distractions. #EgyptSara .
Mubarak trying to upstage Egypt, again.المشير أبو كار
You all thought I was joking about Mubarak's death being overturned.DavidKenner
While others brought the conversation back to claims of victory by both presidential candidates, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and former prime minister Ahmed Shafik.
So Morsi says he's won & we don't believe him. Shafik says he's won & we don't believe him. & Mubarak is dead & we don't believe him. #EgyptKhalid Abdalla
Morsi won. No Shafik won. Mubarak's dead. No, Mubarak's not dead. Is there a pattern here? Anything to do with the Egyptian military?Jeanne van den Hurk
Hassan Hassan sums it all up, and provides the inspiration for our headline:
two presidents and a funeral.hassan hassan
Some netizens offered a critique of Reuters' initial reporting:
Reuters is clinically dead.Nesrine Malik
Here we go AGAIN: @Reuters backtracking on whether Mubarak's dead. Why does this keep happening?James Ball
BREAKING: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is either dead or alive.Liz Sly
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