The slimy depths some journalists will go ...

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-09-30 10:11am

Consider:

Gina Wilkinson: When the Iraqi army retreated from Baghdad it left behind about one hundred Soviet era SA-2 missiles like these in an empty block in the suburb of Baladyat. The missiles are filled with volatile rocket fuel and two hundred kilograms of high explosives. Locals fear their children could be injured or their homes destroyed by these deadly weapons.
Saaed Hassan (trans): I often see children from the neighbourhood playing on the missiles or scrap collectors, dismantling them for metal and parts. It?s very dangerous.
- ABC TV News, 19 August 2003

Here

But why were those children standing on the missile launcher? So Gina could film them. Here's what the camera tapes reveal.

- You want to show the children on there?
Gina Wilkinson: Yeah, that would be good. Yeah, if they don?t mind.
- (trans) You want them to stand over there to be filmed?
- (trans) Come on sweetie. What?s her name?
- Noona
- (trans) I'm worried about them.
- Sit. Sit on this.
- (trans) I'm worried about them.
- (trans) Sit on the edge.

Gina Wilkinson: Please God, don't let this thing explode now.
- ABC Camera Tape

real media link- from Australia's Media Watch

More

Around 100 surface to air missiles (SA-2) are lying around Baghdad in various stages of decay, some damaged by shrapnel, filled with volatile rocket fuel and with functioning warheads?Experts say that small leaks through punctures or cracks produce a dark yellow smoke which if inhaled, can sear a person?s lungs and inflict a slow, painful death. Contact with skin causes serious burns.
- UNICEF media release

And then there's this

Gina Wilkinson: Mr Saadi?
- Yes.
Gina Wilkinson: Can we get these two kids to walk around underneath the missile?
Just around it?
- Mohammad. Mohammad.
Gina Wilkinson: And this one?
- (trans) Come here. Go up there. Go with him. Casually, casually. Walk behind him. Go with him.
- ABC camera tape

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The woman should be fired.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-09-30 10:13am

What. The. Fuck.

I'm speechless.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-09-30 10:15am

All for the story...rather sad, given how many will take them because honestly it's the news, and not question the methods.

Oi vey.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-09-30 10:32am

What the fuck...I can't believe she risked kids' lives just to get a scoop. I hope she gets publicly tarred and feathered.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-09-30 11:10am

do you really expect else from the media, the media is all about flash and ratings.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-09-30 11:33am

Death from the Sea wrote:do you really expect else from the media, the media is all about flash and ratings.

But still, you'd think at least some of them would have some humanity left in them...

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-30 12:25pm

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-09-30 01:37pm

Stuff like this makes me think of that recent Bond film...

Geez, what a bitch!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-09-30 01:42pm

WHAT risking the life of a child just to get a story,fucking bitch needs a SAM up her ass.