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Editor sacked over 'hoax' photos (Fake Torture Photos, ones today possibly related to 2004 hoax?)
BBC ^
| 14 May, 2004
Posted on 05/15/2009 10:26:00 AM PDT by mnehring
Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been sacked after the newspaper conceded photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi were fake.
In a statement the Mirror said it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax" and that it would be "inappropriate" for Morgan to continue.
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) said the Mirror had endangered British troops by running the pictures.
Roger Goodman, of the QLR, said the regiment now felt "vindicated".
Mr Goodman added: "It is just a great pity it has taken so long... and that so much damage has been done in the meantime."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsvote.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: breakingnews2004; fake; fired; hoax; medialies; piersmorgan; torture; uktroops
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To: Erik Latranyi
“They are heading for a major crackup very soon.”
No they won’t. They are like police investigating other police. They cover for each other and so NOTHING will happen.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:39:10 AM PDT
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
To: Political Junkie Too
His charity was The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. I believe he has or had a brother in Iraq.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:39:54 AM PDT
by
surrey
To: mnehring
If they didn’t want them to be true, they wouldn’t have been duped so easily.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:43:43 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
To: mnehring
“Today?”
It’s May 15, 2009. Did you wake up in your computer chair and hit “post”, then realize that somehow your beard grew 2 feet?
To: Nathan Zachary
Look on Drudge.. Photos are coming out today claiming to be new torture photos, but they look similar to these photos that where part of this hoax in 2004.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:48:46 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: mnehring
That's just nuts. Why, when he has so much to lose?
-PJ
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:49:58 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
To: Political Junkie Too
This was 04 before he became famous.. it apparently didn’t hurt his career.. the point is they look very similar to the supposed new photos that are all over the news today.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:50:51 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: mnehring
MSM rule #1: If it hurts the West, RUN IT!
Remember this one?
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:51:21 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
To: Erik Latranyi
“The MSM is arrogant and out of control. They are heading for a major crackup very soon.”
Or total hegemony. History gives me no comfort in the course things take once we reach the point we are at.
To: mnehring
Yellow Journalism.
Believe half of what you see, none of what you hear or read.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:52:58 AM PDT
by
PA-RIVER
To: surrey
His charity was The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. I believe he has or had a brother in Iraq. Yes, he comes across as an in your face jerk, but his support of this organization was very sincere. He is a real champion for the cause.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:53:56 AM PDT
by
ilgipper
To: mnehring
I don't believe anything coming out of Washington, and almost nothing coming from the MSM. It's quite obvious that we are being manipulated by very dangerous people.
However, I am in agreement with the following statement from this report: “Colonel Black, a former regiment commander of the QLR, said the pictures put lives in danger and acted as a “recruiting poster” for al-Qaeda. This is quite true and reason to condemn the Obama Admin for their most recent (and politically motivated) decisions.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:54:22 AM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(What did Obama's Teleprompter know, and when did it know it...)
To: lewisglad
dude, that is the guy from 'britain's got talent'!
wow. wonder if he'll continue.
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posted on
05/15/2009 10:56:10 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: americanophile
"...don’t believe any of it. Distrust and verify."
Looks pretty real to me. :)
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posted on
05/15/2009 11:02:04 AM PDT
by
Matchett-PI
("Conservatism is about freedom, and fighting people who want to take it away." Rush Limbaugh)
To: thefactor
This was from before he was famous, it apparently didn’t impact him.
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posted on
05/15/2009 11:02:46 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Matchett-PI
Barney Frank would give anything to be in that room with the guy in the photo.
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posted on
05/15/2009 11:04:10 AM PDT
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently Tha'on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
To: mnehring
and it was posted 5 years later why, exactly? i guess due to the recently released pics. have these people no shame?
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posted on
05/15/2009 11:06:53 AM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: thefactor
I posted it five years later in response to the so called ‘new’ photos that where released today.. IE, they look to be just dug up photos from this old hoax.
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posted on
05/15/2009 11:09:56 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Armedanddangerous
Anyone could have gotten an airsoft version of the army weapon and staged that photo. It looks like a 'toy' to me as well.
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posted on
05/15/2009 11:20:01 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for something I ain't.)
To: Matchett-PI
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