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It's news imitating life imitating news at its most self-referential.
A helicopter owned by New York TV station NewsChannel 4 dramatically spins out of control and crashes onto a rooftop while filming a shooting.
The crash is captured on tape by another news crew (great pictures) -- and so becomes the lead story on NewsChannel 4.
Later, the removal of the helicopter wreckage becomes the follow up story -- filmed by a cameraman on board...er....a NewsChannel 4 chopper.
Keep this up and rolling news networks won't have to cover any other news at all. They can just report on crashes involving their own newsgathering vehicles and the deaths of their own staff. Journalists will then be able to interview themselves for eyewitness accounts of what happened in a never-ending loop.
It's news imitating life imitating news at its most self-referential.
A helicopter owned by New York TV station NewsChannel 4 dramatically spins out of control and crashes onto a rooftop while filming a shooting.
The crash is captured on tape by another news crew (great pictures) -- and so becomes the lead story on NewsChannel 4.
Later, the removal of the helicopter wreckage becomes the follow up story -- filmed by a cameraman on board...er....a NewsChannel 4 chopper.
Keep this up and rolling news networks won't have to cover any other news at all. They can just report on crashes involving their own newsgathering vehicles and the deaths of their own staff. Journalists will then be able to interview themselves for eyewitness accounts of what happened in a never-ending loop.
posted by Stuart at 01:16
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