Drop The Dead Donkey is alive and well…

[almostwitty]

Remember Drop The Dead Donkey, the seminal UK sitcom set in a news-gathering organisation? And in particular, unscrupulous cameraman Damian Day, who would go so far as to punch a child in a war zone to get the crying shot he needed?

Look at this Associated Press photograph from the site of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Beirut…

Mirrored from almost witty.

Comments

[actionreplay.livejournal.com]

Must've gone over my head.... what was it?

[almostwitty]

Cunningly, they've just changed the image used. Although China Daily are still using the original image!

[actionreplay.livejournal.com]

oh the doll? Yeah. Photographer's dream shot, that.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

Because they know that the death or harm of children is a "puller" in terms of news, which is why in most disasters these days they have headlines like X children dead as if the adults don't matter. Media thrive on despair, it sells their product and people love reading it (unless it is happening to them).

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

Nothing sells newspapers like a good (terrible) disaster.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

Indeed... And i work in one (well till mid feb)

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, how close is the reality to Press Gang (if you remember it), or Drop The Dead Donkey? ;p

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

Ive not seen either program so im not sure, i work in IT anyway so probably wouldnt see that side of it.

[travelsintown.livejournal.com]

Oh I used to love Drop the Dead Donkey and hell yes, looks like Damian had a hand in that shot!

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Man, I remember that VERY vaguely. I do recall it being very entertaining.

[almostwitty]

I think it lives on YouTube these days!