I think this is related to the default date given by COBOL when a date field is invalid or absent.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/14/2303889/-Nope-The...

It's not as if Fox doesn't know this, or couldn't learn this before running this story.

And it's not as if they couldn't update the story once people tell them this fact.

Nor is it as if 'silexia' couldn't find a better source for this story. That's some submission history.

I work with databases all the time, there's all kinds of dates (ways dates are read.. defaults) and reasons to be in there even if just leftover.

Doesn't mean anything else is happening. It's a database, a row's existence doesn't imply anything other than the row exists.

This kind of "revelation" reeks of middle manager who just got hired and is shocked by X,Y,Z because they're too foolish to ask + too ignorant to know better.

hn isn't turning into reddit. it's turning into foxnews comments section. rip.

Oh, I thought we didn't do political stories here. Or does that only matter when it doesn't align with certain peoples agendas?