Documentary Passes Video Game Footage as Real

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BY RICHARD LAYCOCK



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The ITV documentary 'Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA' shows IRA members shooting down a British Army

helicopter. Problem is-- while the event did happen-- this footage chosen by the documentary crew wasn't

exactly real. MSNBC has some of the footage.



"With Gaddafi's heavy machine guns it was possible to shoot down a helicopter that the terrorists own

footage of 1988 shows. This is what the security forces feared most. It may have been a lucky hit but for

the Army and crew, once was enough. No one died in this attack but there were many other deadly arms

to fear."



The Guardian has the official response from ITV.



"The events featured in Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA were genuine but it would appear that during the

editing process the correct clip of the 1988 incident was not selected and other footage was mistakenly

included in the film by producers."



So where did this video come from? MSNBC reports...



"It appears the wayward footage got its start with this fan-made YouTube video — which does seem to

claim to be the real thing."



Turns out the video used was actually from the first person shooter game ARMA2. ITV apologized for the

mistake-- but the screw up has already sparked outrage. The Daily Mail says...



"How low have standards in television fallen when, in just two days, ITV's new flagship 'factual'

programme Exposure and the BBC news are both hoodwinked.Worse still, due to their utter ineptitude,

they misled the public."



But at least the game developer is finding something good in the blunder. BBC quotes the chief executive

of Bohemia Interactive Studio as saying,



"On a somewhat more positive note, we consider this as a bizarre appreciation of the level of realism

incorporated into our games ..."



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[justsomefellow]

they were freedom fighters, not terrorizers

[wazthatme]

ARMA2 FTW ^_^

[44Robman44]

@TheBriansDenn

Yeah it was made as a military Simulation, then released as a game. Its called ARMA 2

[KevinLuhrs]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[tadesliber]

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