Forlong (Sky News reporter who faked Iraq story) commits suicide

[Newsjock]

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1057106,00.html

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.

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.

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[Wickerman]

1. HOw many times did he shoot himself?

:tinfoilhat:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. or just how mant times did he stab himself in the back??

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. was this the cruise missile that hit that french tanker?..ahem i mean that

the terrorist placed a hmmm bomb on?

[VolcanoJen]

4. Dupe... locking

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