Primetime Panic: Spoof report sparks fear and protests in Georgia

A Georgian TV channel has caused nationwide panic with a fake news bulletin claiming Russian troops were on their way to the capital, Tbilisi - and that President Mikheil Saakashvili had been killed. Many viewers missed a short warning that the thirty-minute report was a mock-up, and rushed out onto the streets.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• RT
• Russia Today
• Irina Galushko
• Imedi
• fake TV report
• hoax news
• Russia attacks Georgia
• Saakashvili
• Russian invasion
• Грузия
• Россия
• нападение
• репортаж
• Имеди ТВ
• Саакашвили
• Nino Burdzhanadze
• Нино Бурджанадзе
• Dmitry Rogozin
• Дмитрий Рогозин

[wnxsilence]

When will NATO-puppet Suckassvili leave? Georgia does not need this idiot.

[ThirdPartyGuiltTrip]

Agreed 4:18 Clearly this is a pre-meditated demozation campaign targeting Russia as a 'threat'. Saakashvili is a NATO puppet, & is continuing to push the lie that Russia was responsible for an unprovoked attack on Georgia on 08/08/08, when IN FACT, Georgia was the aggressor. More evidence that Saakashvili is dangerous to his own people, & stability in the region. This is a major provocation.

[rag3rman]

LOL

[12dollarsand78cents]

It just shows how Georgia is scared of Putin's dictatorship.

How long will Putin stay in power before the Russian people fight back?

[12dollarsand78cents]

@Oasistudios Really, what date was that aired?

[UseUrHead503]

almost 90% of reports and documentaries about the 08/08/08 conflict on youtube are basically stating that Russia is bullying and invaded georgia. The fact that Georgia was the real aggressor, sympathy for georgia was the only thing thats seen by most journalists and not the truth

[crazymonkey9917]

@pipech121 FUCK YOU BITCH!!!!!!!!!!! do you think your country is better you bitch have you ever been there or in Ukraine oh and if you want to talk about someone at least spell it right

[crazymonkey9917]

@wnxsilence this is not how you spell Saakashvili you idiot and if he was an idiot he would not be a president you dumbass

[onmynyshit]

Saakashvili is such a dork...

[pipech121]

2:23 nino lol.that sux names georgia.and fuck georgia.totaly idiots dont know prank bitch.and asia bastard that ucrain adn gerogia.and all support europ to say gogogogoggo to europ and nato bitch.bitch all and fuck french president fucking bitchfucking georgia.and fuck ucrain presindet yushenka and yakuhnchnkik bitch.fak.fak.bitch.japan forever bitch love russia and give pad items that usa europ and fuck europ bitcvh.fucking bastard

[MilesB1975]

What the fuck is a Mock-Up exactly? Why was it broadcast if it was a test?

Sounds more like a Cock-Up than a Mock-Up.

[MarkSynthesis]

RT's own bias aside (though it would be very, very hard to find one that isn't bias), it's hard to argue that scaring an entire country into thinking their country was under attack, their president was dead, and a new leader had been installed is anything but cruel or depraved. Frankly, I think Georgians have every right to be furious, or at least very upset (and after blood).