China TV 'substitutes Top Gun for air force footage'

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China TV 'substitutes Top Gun for air force footage'

By Michael Bristow

$this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51027000/jpg/_51027893_rexfeatures_402650f.jpg') US actor Tom Cruise starred in the 1986 Hollywood film Top Gun

China's state broadcaster used footage that appears to have been taken from a Hollywood film in one of its news reports - but not for the first time.
A [COLOR=#4a7194]China Central Television story about the country's air force[/COLOR] showed an explosion that was identical to a scene from the 1986 film Top Gun.
The broadcaster often uses film clips in its news reports.
A person familiar with the company said it was currently trying to set up a system to contain this situation.

The disputed scene was aired on CCTV's main news bulletin on 23 January.
It was in a report about a training exercise undertaken by the People's Liberation Army's air force.
There were interviews with senior military figures.
Over pictures of fighter jets in action, the reporter told viewers that this was a live-fire exercise and all targets had been hit.
One scene showed a pilot firing a missile. A plane was then hit before exploding into flames.
But some keen-eyed observers noticed that this scene was identical to one in Top Gun, starring Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, and they [COLOR=#4a7194]posted their comments on the internet[/COLOR].

Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12321492

[Dirt]

Nothing the CCP says can/should be trusted.

[Ken Cheng]

Nothing the CCP says can/should be trusted.

Agreed (although that also applies to most other governments). What's really incredible is that the CCP is so naive to think that people would somehow overlook this.

[Dimeron]

Agreed (although that also applies to most other governments). What's really incredible is that the CCP is so naive to think that people would somehow overlook this.

What I have said before and I will say it again, when it comes to media spin, PR, and propaganda, CCP has a lot to learn from the western media.

Would be understandable if it was done by one of the smaller provincial channels, but from CCTV, that got to be embarrassing.

[Ken Cheng]

What I have said before and I will say it again, when it comes to media spin, PR, and propaganda, CCP has a lot to learn from the western media.

They're going to need help from overseas Chinese who grew up in the U.S. on this one. I don't think anyone *raised* in China would ever really "get" it.

[Dirt]

If everything the PRC wasn't so secretive or done behind closed doors without transparency, their PR job might be a lot easier.

[kidd]

Wah. So lame. How can they use a film footage as news footage and expect no one to notice? Top Gun was quite a well known film.