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Posted September 27, 2011
I'm still in awe and curious as to what exactly was running through the producers and/or video editors heads to actually think this was a wise idea...

Not only did they blatantly lie to the viewers, not only was the clip they provided was a bad forgery, but they did it on a damn video game too. If this doesn't blow up in their faces in a spectacular manner, and seems it already is in progress of doing so although the news seems to be circulating around the game related community as for now, I will have no faith in this world left... ;]
Posted September 27, 2011
Personally I'm torn between facepalming and being glad that the world can sometimes be so ridiculously hilarious.

Maybe they should try doing a documentary on last year's Peru mining incident using blurry Minecraft footage next.
Posted September 28, 2011
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Schoeller: I'm still in awe and curious as to what exactly was running through the producers and/or video editors heads to actually think this was a wise idea...

Not only did they blatantly lie to the viewers, not only was the clip they provided was a bad forgery, but they did it on a damn video game too. If this doesn't blow up in their faces in a spectacular manner, and seems it already is in progress of doing so although the news seems to be circulating around the game related community as for now, I will have no faith in this world left... ;]
Most likely some kid was told to find footage on the IRA, he went to Youtube, saw that clip, found it legit and submitted it. No-one in the team had ever played ArmA and they all kind of just trusted him, attributing the pixelation to poor cameras of back-in-the-day. Hey, I've seen footage of far worse quality in documentaries.

So it is a human mistake, but still very facepalm-worthy.
Posted September 28, 2011
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Taleroth: Oh man, a lazy intern is going to get fired over this.
No, I bet the intern that got fired is the one that said, 'I don't think that's real, it kinda looks like a video game.'

Is there any doubt that trust in the media is at historic lows?
Posted September 28, 2011
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KingOfDust: Maybe they should try doing a documentary on last year's Peru mining incident using blurry Minecraft footage next.
That would be quite awesome, wouldn't it? someone hacks away at a stone block and a shitload of gravel falls in?
Posted September 28, 2011
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KingOfDust: Maybe they should try doing a documentary on last year's Peru mining incident using blurry Minecraft footage next.
This made me chuckle somewhat. :)
Posted September 28, 2011
Incredible. It's the most hilarious stuff I have read in quite some time. This reminds me: Polish gaming magazine CD-Action actually commented on one of the screenshots of ArmA 2 in a preview that it looks like a war documentary. I really hope the author of that comment read about the ITV incident. Must have had the biggest laughs of his life.

On the Greece stuff: No comment.
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