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Reporter, Who Quit Over Alleged Fake Iraq Story, Found Dead
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| 10/6/3
Posted on 10/06/2003 7:00:59 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- James Forlong, a Sky News reporter who quit amid accusations that he faked a report during the war on Iraq, has been found dead, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing local police.
Forlong, 44, who had worked for Sky News for 10 years, was found dead at his home in Hove, southern England by local police in the early hours of Saturday morning, the BBC said.
Police said the circumstances surrounding his death were not suspicious, the BBC reported.
Forlong resigned from the satellite television news channel three months ago over allegations that he faked a report he filed from the British nuclear submarine HMS Splendid during the Iraqi conflict, the broadcaster said.
A BBC documentary in July said Forlong's report, which showed the firing of a missile from the submarine, used archive footage to stage the launch.
Sky News suspended Forlong and his producer and started an investigation, the BBC said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2003obituaries; 2003obituary; agitprop; antiamericanism; bbc; fabrication; iraq; jamesforlong; journalism; lyingliar; obituary; propaganda; skynews; suicide; usefulidiot; warcorrespondents
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To: NativeNewYorker
Bush did it!
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10/06/2003 7:01:43 AM PDT
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10/06/2003 7:03:47 AM PDT
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To: NativeNewYorker
...was found dead at his home in Hove, southern England ...Isn't that the UK headquarters of Halliburton? < /mindless drivel >
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:07:46 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: NativeNewYorker
James Forlong, a Sky News reporter who quit amid accusations that he faked a report during the war on Iraq, has been found dead, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing local police.BBC? He's the only one so far? If they're killing themselves for false reporting, invest in casket stocks! It's gonna be a money maker!
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:17:20 AM PDT
by
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To: NativeNewYorker
Not worth killing yourself over
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:18:24 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
To: NativeNewYorker; Timesink; Liz; Grampa Dave
Forlong resigned from the satellite television news channel three months ago over allegations that he faked a report he filed from the British nuclear submarine HMS Splendid during the Iraqi conflict, the broadcaster said.
A BBC documentary in July said Forlong's report, which showed the firing of a missile from the submarine, used archive footage to stage the launch. This might teach journalists something about the importance of doing one's own legwork.
But not ... forlong. (rimshot)
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:29:37 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
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To: martin_fierro
According tinfoil hat, this man was groped to death by Arnold for having an affair with his mother of his love-child, who just happens to be Ambassador Joe Wilson's wife. Of course it was all planned by Karl Rove.
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:36:03 AM PDT
by
Callahan
To: NativeNewYorker
Police said the circumstances surrounding his death were not suspicious, the BBC reported. Is it normal for a 44 yr. old men to be found dead in the UK???
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10/06/2003 7:37:01 AM PDT
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To: NativeNewYorker
What a shame.
![](http://www.saja.org/images/blair.jpg)
Forlong could've, like, written a book about his fraud and cashed in.
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10/06/2003 7:39:57 AM PDT
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martin_fierro
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To: NativeNewYorker
fake reporting makes Forlong forlorn.
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:40:52 AM PDT
by
isom35
To: nuconvert
Not worth killing yourself over The article doesn't say he killed himself. Could have been a heart attack or some other natural cause.
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:40:54 AM PDT
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To: NativeNewYorker
Arkancideshire.
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10/06/2003 7:43:43 AM PDT
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To: NativeNewYorker
FORLONG IS FORLORN
James Forlong, a Sky News reporter who reported the war ON Iraq, has been found dead from an apparent suicide.
Similar to the Vincent Foster suicide, Forlong was found with two self-inflicted gun shots wounds to the head!
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:49:54 AM PDT
by
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
"The article doesn't say he killed himself."
No. You're right.
But he was only 44 years old.
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10/06/2003 8:05:31 AM PDT
by
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( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
To: NativeNewYorker
They better get a handle on this!
If'n it spreads will have to get our news from the comic books.
Hey! ....... Come to think of it .......
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10/06/2003 8:15:09 AM PDT
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10/06/2003 11:13:23 AM PDT
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To: Callahan
But, when did the evil Bush (GW) know about all of this groping and vile deeds?
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10/06/2003 11:17:30 AM PDT
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Forlong commits suicide
Jason Deans
Monday October 6, 2003
Forlong: spent 10 years at Sky News
Former Sky News reporter James Forlong has committed suicide at his home on the East Sussex coast.
Forlong, who quit his job at Sky News in July following allegations that he faked a story during the Iraq war, was found dead at his house in Hove early on Saturday morning.
A Sussex police spokesman said there were no suspicious circumstances. A post mortem is due to be held tomorrow, with an inquest to be opened at a later date.
The head of Sky News, Nick Pollard, said: "This a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family. Everyone here sends their deepest sympathies to James's wife and family."
Forlong, who had worked for Sky News for 10 years, resigned after it emerged elements of a report he filed in March, purporting to show a cruise missile being launched from a Royal Navy submarine in the Gulf, were faked.
The allegations were first raised in July by a BBC documentary crew that was filming on the submarine, HMS Splendid, at the same time as Forlong.
Forlong handed in his notice on July 18 following an investigation into the allegations by Sky News executives. His producer, Lucy Chaytor, was cleared of any blame.
The episode was the sole blot on an otherwise distinguished career in journalism, which began at the West Sussex County Times and Brighton Evening Argus.
Forlong moved into broadcast journalism in 1984, when he joined the BBC as a radio reporter.
He moved to ITN in 1988 as a TV news correspondent and reported from Somalia, Syria, Lebanon and Bosnia.
Forlong was hired by Sky News in 1993 as senior foreign correspondent based in South Africa, where the channel had just opened its first bureau.
Over the next three-and-a-half years Forlong covered South Africa's first elections following the end of apartheid.
While based in South Africa Forlong also received two New York TV Festival awards for his coverage of the 1994 war and genocide in Rwanda.
He moved to Asia in 1997, becoming Sky News' first Beijing correspondent and winning another New York Festival medal for his coverage of the overthrow of President Suharto in Indonesia.
Forlong returned to London in 1999 and covered royal and defence stories including the deaths of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret and the Queen's golden jubilee.
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posted on
10/06/2003 12:11:00 PM PDT
by
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