Now this made me laugh this morning:
Channel 9 Live cross to helicopter was faked
The bigwigs at Channel 9 made a public statement (read: excuse) that they couldn't fly the chopper due to inclement weather. Apparently the journos in the chopper never claimed they were in the air at the crime scene, but they were introduced by the news anchorperson that way.
So who is at fault here? And what was the point of the live cross in the first place? In most cases, a live cross to a chopper adds no value to a news story as it is, and it was no different in this case. A lot of scalps were taken as a result of this though. I'd argue the merits of sacking the young journos - weren't they just doing what they were told?
It's hard enough to decipher the truth from the fiction these days in the news. Making up fake television like this doesn't help matters...
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