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JudyInTheHeartland Donating Member (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:07 PM
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SA TV make 'Bush is dead' Bushism
Source: BBC

A South African TV station erroneously broadcast that former US President George Bush had died during one of its news bulletins.

For three seconds ETV News ran a moving banner headline across the screen saying "George Bush is dead".

The "misbroadcast" happened when a technician pressed the "broadcast live for transmission" button instead of the one for a test-run.

The station said test banners would now be done in "gobbledegook".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7880832.stm?lss
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:28 PM
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1. I think they were referring to his polictial career
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:29 PM
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2. No, You Idiot...I said he's "Brain Dead" ...which of course, isn't that big a deal as far as News
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:36 PM
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3. And millions eventually went, "Aww, fuck... I already opened the champagne." n/t
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:46 PM
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4. sorry, but that HOTTEST SPOT IN HELL is still vacant... the Great Brainless One still haunts earth!!
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 11:22 PM
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5. Well, it's less inflammatory than the President of the US saying...
"We've outlawed the Soviet Union. We begin bombing in 5 minutes..."
(cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_minutes_speech">Ronald Reagan)
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