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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: G.Mason
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posted on
10/06/2003 1:30:57 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: NativeNewYorker
Not surprising since self-defence is illegal in the UK.
To: weegee
"
I wouldn't do that if'n I were you. Some recent FR threads:"
It was a joke .......it was a joke!
Thanks for the urls ...... I think?
I'll check them out.
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posted on
10/06/2003 1:34:07 PM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Lessons of life need not be fatal)
To: NativeNewYorker
Tomorrow's headline today:
Forlong Not For Long!
'Did Tom Lantos call?' bump
To: G.Mason
I get the gag, I'm just pointing out other examples of the liberal media's propaganda game.
26
posted on
10/06/2003 1:43:14 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: G.Mason
By the way, cartoonist Art Spiegleman (pulitzer prize winning creator of Maus and editor/contributor of Raw and The New Yorker) has said that now that we are in the age of digital photography (and photo manipulation) photo journalism is no longer "proof" of an event and that "cartoon" accounts of an event are just as valid (he did a 2 page piece I believe for the New Yorker addressing this).
This was several years prior to this year's LA Times photo controversy:
This photo:
![](http://a1022.g.akamai.net/f/1022/8158/5m/images.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2003-04/7235256.jpg)
Is really a composite of these 2 photos:
27
posted on
10/06/2003 1:53:19 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: weegee
I remember seeing that.
Nothing is sacred, and everything suspect.
Hard too keep from being wrapped in tin foil. ;)
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posted on
10/06/2003 2:02:35 PM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Lessons of life need not be fatal)
To: Helms; nuconvert
I guess he did kill himself.
Ok, I agree with you. Nothing to kill yourself over.
29
posted on
10/06/2003 2:32:40 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The universe runs through the complex interweaving of energy, matter, and enlightened self interest.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Given the circumstances, he could have faked his own death.... < /paranoia>
30
posted on
10/06/2003 2:37:21 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(There's two types of people in the world. Those with loaded guns and those that dig.)
To: martin_fierro
Forlong could've, like, written a book about his fraud and cashed in. He's next. I hear he's real despondent and depressed.
-archy-/-
31
posted on
10/06/2003 3:58:33 PM PDT
by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: Helms
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.
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posted on
10/06/2003 4:01:56 PM PDT
by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
How about, "The complex interweaving of energy, matter, and enlightened self interest run through the universe."
?
33
posted on
10/06/2003 6:22:52 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
To: G.Mason
Is that your regular tag line? Or a coincidence?
34
posted on
10/06/2003 6:25:13 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
To: nuconvert
Nah. They doesn't run though the universe. They are what the universe runs on.
To: nuconvert
doesn't should be don't
36
posted on
10/06/2003 6:34:40 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The Universe knows what it's doing. Sometimes I don't.)
To: Timesink
ping
37
posted on
10/06/2003 10:13:07 PM PDT
by
lainde
To: nuconvert
"
Is that your regular tag line? Or a coincidence?"
I've been using it since they started using them.
Like? dislike?
38
posted on
10/07/2003 3:49:18 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Lessons of life need not be fatal)
To: G.Mason
(Lessons of life need not be fatal)
I thought your tag line was so appropriate
for this story. Wondered if it was a coincidence
or you chose it for this post.
Certainly works for this article.
39
posted on
10/07/2003 4:49:59 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Stop thinking about it and do it.)
To: nuconvert
'
I thought your tag line was so appropriate for this story. Wondered if it was a coincidence or you chose it for this post. Certainly works for this article."
Thanks for the kind words.
It's comforting to know that there are some out here who read and understand the witten word.
I do not mean to be pompous, as many times I am not able to do so.
40
posted on
10/07/2003 5:04:12 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Lessons of life need not be fatal)
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