Georgian TV aired fake Russian invasion on primetime news - RT 100313

http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-03-13/georgia-false-report-panic.html
Georgia invaded, Saakashvili dead? False TV report causes panic with the public
13 March, 2010, 21:19
If one of your main news channels said your country has been invaded and your president murdered you would no doubt be extremely scared. In Georgia, that is what has just happened.
On Saturday night Georgian TV channel Imedi aired a false report that caused a shockwave across the country.
According to the news, Russia invaded Georgia after a terror attack on the president of South Ossetian republic, Eduard Kokoity. The report suggested that Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili and his government had been evacuated.
In several minutes, however, the source reported the death of Saakashvili and creation of the Peoples government headed by one of the opposition leaders, Nino Burdzhanadze.
The program, that lasted for half an hour, also reported the terrible bombardment of the countrys air and seaports and only at the end, Imedi presenters pointed out that this was a special report about possible development of the events.
At the beginning of the broadcast there was also warnings that the program showed a sequence of possible events that could only occur "if Georgian society is not brought together against Russia's plans."
Despite the warnings though, the report has caused panic across the country. People began calling each other and the TV studio to find out what was really happening, said RIA Novosti news agency.
Interfax news agency reported the local media outlets saying that many people called ambulances for help. "Multiple instances of heart attacks and fainting have been reported," the source quoted Georgian media.

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• Georgia
• Imedi
• fake
• news
• Russian
• invasion
• Saakashvili

[igorvasilevsky]

Georgia = US puppet state under experiment with people.

[tsetsoni]

That was crazy.....

[chica476]

@mugzybeitch

would you like to be youtube internet friends? :)

[igorvasilevsky]

Georgians = rats for american experiments on mind control.

Fuckin US puppet states always in finishing in shit.

[WeAreOne26]

- That Saakashvili is responsable for Georgian crush...

-What the fuck was he think?? - Attack Russia without consueqences?? - C'mon,that little nation must be happy because they could easily dissapear from earth...

-BTW,Georgians should listen up Amerikans if they want the same scenery in the future,but worst. haha LOL

[Lsdfunk]

War of the worlds was played on a south-american radio station at some point a couple of decades ago...

The next day that same radio station was a smoldering shell of a building.

Why?

Because some people will not stand for other folks fucking with their heads.

[Lsdfunk]

This is disgusting. It's like war of the worlds - minus the absurdity.

'We are being invaded, & our leader has apparently been killed.' This in no way qualifies as satire. A report like that says 'YOU ARE IN DANGER'.

& what a whacky coincidence that the editing got screwed up to the point that all satirical content was removed.

You coincidence theorists can believe that all want. All I'm saying is: with the amount of lies told about Georgia in recent history; maybe we should be suspicious...

[jurgis84]

That's like in ~1940 when in USA millions of people believed that an alien war has began which was broadcast in radio. Also only at the show beginning and end was explaind that this was just a story.

[mugzybeitch]

Well, glad to see RT continues its agit-prop: blame this on Saakashvili and the lack of a free press in Georgia. My thought is just the opposite: only a free press (albeit a stupid one) would air such a broadcast. I live in Russia: if RT is looking for demagogues and controlled media, it doesn't have to go all the way to Georgia to find them.

[eimsori]

@DVDsisypus "Russian empire"... it sounds like compliment for us. dont even try to offend us by these words :)

[nakisa2009]

Georgians are sick, the most brutal Georgian was Stalin, I knew at my work one Georgian and he was a stupid sick idiot, eveyone just hate him.Sick nations destroy ownself without any invasion.

[jsyn1230]

georgia a country of 3 year olds... at least part of it