Check against delivery?

I suppose that it has become standard practice these days. But I still find something odd in the pre-release and pre-reporting of conference speeches. Thus the BBC website (here):

SNP leader Alex Salmond will open his party's annual conference in Perth later in a bullish mood.
The first minister will tell delegates ...
He will say that ...
Mr Salmond will tell the conference ...
..., Mr Salmond will say.
He will say that ...
Mr Salmond will encourage his party ...

What are the conference delegates supposed to do? Tick off the paragraphs as he delivers them?

If I were a delegate, now that I know what the Dear Leader is going to say, I might be tempted to skip off to the nearest pub for a quiet pint.