[chajin]

In the film version, the chase is supposedly captured on what turns out to be fake news. Two threads here: I think of that chase scene every time I watch Live PD, and when the MSM fakes Trump rallies to make them look small and Obama rallies to make them look large.

[pcottraux]

In the film version, the chase is supposedly captured on what turns out to be fake news.

That's what happens in the book, too. When Montag escapes by jumping in the river, the news choppers that have been following him realize that everyone is watching and they need an arrest to give the sensational report a "happy ending," so they track down a poor random innocent guy and proudly proclaim "Montag has been arrested!" Very cynical, but I can't believe that was written in the ''50s, years before 24/hour cable news was a thing...