BBC reporter with troops entering Umm Qusar:
"...and they [The Yanks] have recovered Stinger missiles from the Iraqis...." Girlie in studio: "These missiles are supposed to be banned" "Well...they're not banned.....they're used against ground forces" |
Viszla - sorry don't get it? Bint is an old Anglo-Saxon word first used in the late 9th century. Quote:
"verily I sayeth that just 'cos some moistened bint lobs a scimitar at you..." Anyway back to th'thread: Love the thread, but... You guys don't get it do you? It's a game, just like us civvies slipping rude words into our PAs. Right now in the BBC canteen Dermot Murnahan is pissing himself with his mates about how many 'gaffs' they snuck into the last report. Go to www.hhack.org for their side of it... Or maybe not. I'll get me dishdash... |
Sky News: Resident expert explaining precise battle plans for Desert Rats with his soopdoopa computer graphics. Cut to a shot of a logistics convoy stopped on the road through Umm Kasar. 'Expert' starts whittling on: and here we can see jerry cans... errrm... supposition, water. The troops will need water.
Next he superimposes red arrows from his sopadoopa graphics computer pointing to... jerry can! Next we more arrows pointing out all the different bits on the backs and sides of the lorries when suddently the drivers appear from in front of their vehicles, pulling their zips up after relieving themselves. Judos to the 'expert who just carried on drawing arrows all over the live pictures before the the camera pans away. I have visions of some 'luvvie' news director screaming into his mike trying to tell thr cameraman via some sattelite link to pan away! What was so bleedin' obvious though, was the drivers getting out of their cabs at the start of the piece, walking around to the front of their vehicles, OBVIOUSLY going to relieve themseves in the first place! Theses newsies are really makeing complete tw@ts of themselves. Mind you I was in hysterics watching the above unfold. :} Vizsla, why would "bint" be a suBtle racial slur? Bint also means 'daughter' which references 'female'. Obviously your mind reads these things differently but I cannot help you with your prejudices. You are obviously involved with the 'media' and are not appreciating our 'taking the urine' out of the reporters lightly. This is a great opportunity for those of us in aviation to get our own back on all the rubbish we have to put up with from the media and I for one am enjoying this immensly! :p |
This mornings Ministry speech:
Mr Hoon in response to the "How long?" question responded with his latest catchphrase "Im no good at predicitions" and turns to Sir Mike and says "Mike" Sir Mike replies "er umm hmmm er hmm!" Brilliant! |
Danny,
Are you enjoying this as immensely as I enjoyed Blair and Bush drawing a link between this little war and our usual arguing point? ;) |
Watching Sky news this morning,
when they were reporting on the possibility that an armoured recovery vehicle had been hit by a "Rocket propelled Brigade" whilst recovering some broken down armour. -------------------------------- Edited by Cipher 12:45 22/03/03. Apologies, just noticed that this had already been posted by Hwel. That'll teach me to read the thread before posting! --------------------------------- |
Just watching Francis Tusa on Sky News. The advance into Iraq is going "almost painfully slowly".
The troops are at Nasariyah inside a day!! It would take Francis "I'm an expert" Tusa that long to drive from Kuwait to Nasariyah without a war on! When the newsies don't have live pictures of explosions or troops moving, they really do go into speculation mode. What a load of codswallop! Is there nothing else happening in the world apart from this? |
Refer to Fox3's post (page 2), replace the word 'soldier' with 'Bush' and you have the whole situation in a nutshell.
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Sky news, cuts to live pictures from Baghdad with sound of muslim call to prayer blaring from mosque;
"And the air-raid sirens are sounding once again in Baghdad" Oops :) |
Just seen a live report on BBC2 from a journo on board one of the Fleet Auxiliary vessels. The caption in the top left corner read "RAF Sir Bedivere".
Sail Army etc........ |
I just wish I had a dollar for every time a reporter says -
'plainly', 'clearly', 'certainly' or 'obviously'. Is the BBC World Service worse than others? |
A gesture is a gesture.
A reporter on one of the news networks was telling the viewers that the liberated Iraqis were jubilant in that they were giving the cameraman the thumbs up sign. :ok:
This is the same as giving the bird or the finger. If you happen to catch one of the Iraqis making a gesture by forming a circle with their thumb and forefinger it is the same as calling the viewer an A**H**e :rolleyes: |
BINT
Danny
Its Arabic word for woman - get it now? Latest "lovie" news is that we might have lost ITN's Crew with reporter Terry Lloyd - They have just been reported MIA |
Security is not a dirty word, it is just ignored.
Fox new report from the desert: "we are in Iraq......i am with the headquarters.....i cant say where we are....we have a break now after driving all day/night.....we will move at first light" Followed by cut to the anchor who states, that is our embedded reporter with 3ID!! If any of you get the chance to watch Col Ollie North working for Fox News, he wins for me. Like having an RO as a press officer. Oh hang on, he is an RO :) |
Lu Suckerman,
Very illuminating. An Iraqi in Saf Wan held out a banknote to the camera, pointed to SH and gave the thumbs up. From what you say, this was giving sadam the bird and not a sign of appreciation. Is that correct? Jeep, our UK ITV man is also with the 3ID just a mile or two outside Nasaryia. US forces have taken the two bridges in the town. They are consolidating. He was unable to say exactly what was going to happen next because of operational security. The 3ID are consolidating and going to set off tomorrow morning. Is must be true then |
The same reporter who thought Stingers were banned SSM's also referred to the CDS as "General Boyce"
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BBC Radio 4 this morning reporting the Sea King accident;
'These aircraft are based at RAF Culdrose'. (That will soon be taken over by the Army if that leaks out!) :rolleyes: |
And I think it was Nicholas Wytchell who reported ant-artillery fire over Bagadad.
With AAF who needs SEAD? |
What would you expect from the ginger haired midget, he was the BBC Royal reporter a few days ago. Better in Dohhaha than in TV Centre
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I'm surprised you didn't start my name with an F.
To: Ponchus Agrivator
From what you say, this was giving sadam the bird and not a sign of appreciation. Is that correct? :p |
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