Sky 'news'

pH

How far can a TV news channel go from reporting news to pushing out propaganda about how we all should "be very afraid".

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-terror_p19260,00.html

So here's the story:

• Many airports around the world let you bring water and shaving foam onto an airplane.
• Sky sent a journalist to Brussels (where there are no restrictions on bringing liquids onto a plane) - to bring liquids onto a plane.
• Using a secret camera he then smuggles all his 'liquids' into the loo (where I now presume he's in a great position to either have a drink or a shave depending).

The the whole segment is wrapped in Sky's usual - "YOU'RE NOT SAFE" - style with breathless commentary - as some form of security expose.

zuutroy

It was truly one of the worst pieces of journalism I've ever seen. Up there with Charlie Birds exposé on speeders on the N11

Flukey

Come on, this is Sky News we are talking about.

Flukey

I just checked their site after looking at that video. Up there now is the shocking headline: "Man dies after confronting hoodies." A sad story in its own right, but framed in typical tabloid style.

Grandad Confronts Hoodies
Updated: 22:51, Saturday August 19, 2006
A 62-year-old babysitter has died from a heart attack after confronting a gang of hoodies breaking into a neighbour's car, say police.
James Barrett, 62, was looking after his grandson and granddaughter when he heard the teenagers smash a window outside his house in the Anfield district of Liverpool.
He chased away the youths, aged between 13 and 15, and then followed them.
Moments later he collapsed in a nearby side street.
His wife Mary and neighbours ran to help him. He was taken to hospital but later died.
Merseyside Police said: "A report came into police at around 10.50pm of youths causing damage to a car in Bingley Road.
"According to witnesses the 62-year-old challenged the group before collapsing in a nearby street, Priory Road."
Witnesses said the youths were wearing tracksuits, some with hooded tops.

What will they do if they find that one of them was carrying a carton of milk?

Flukey

The lads in Terrorist HQ must be laughing themselves silly over all this. I'm sure they are planning what other things they can get us to do:

"It's going great lads. Hey Ali, ring Abdul in Los Angeles. Tell him get a few of the boys together. Make sure he gets the local infiltrator to get in and see what they are up to. Tell him to make up a scheme where they are planning to use grey hair, that when rubbed together in a certain way, will cause a friction that can ignite when the hair is put in one of those reclining seats on the airplanes and cause a huge explosion. Tell him to have it planned to be done on September 11th. In another month we'll have them shaving the heads of every man woman and child getting on a plane. "

"Then ring Tariq in Rome. We'll get him to do the one where we have them believe we are planning to use human faeces after a curry, combined with the paper used for sick bags to create a noxious fume that will make everyone on the plane wearing cotton to be hynotised into attacking all the stewardesses." :rolleyes:

"Right enough on planes. Let's concentrate on the seas. How about one where snot flicked off the back of a ship will interact with seaweed and cause the engines to explode? Will they fall for that one?"

zuutroy

OH MY GOD! Has anyone seen their exposé about the 737 using defective parts? They even had 'chilling' music playing in the background for half the report!!!!!

Flukey

What was it? Some Daniel O'Donnell stuff? Now that would be terrifying.

jjbrien

This is just what we needed. More scare tactics. On a simular issue check this out http://www.onpluto.com/