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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 73191" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'll try and find a news clip of it. Undoubtedly there will be something online later on because these blokes will do their utmost to get publicity...</p><p></p><p>The news this morning - they were all released on bail. The fear is, they could have been shot by trigger-happy security (yours or ours). The Chaser boys are bow claiming they didn't know they were in an APEC high security area - yeah, right. Our politicians are trying to make light of it but they are really angry. Someone polled the Aussie community - over 80% thought it was funny. And yes, I can see the humour, but I can also see the foolhardiness and extreme danger. Apparently even the cops were laughing, once they realised they'd been had, but I bet a few roof-top snipers had to have their blood pressure checked out...</p><p></p><p>But these boys do go way over the top in their search for ratings and publicity. They use people's weaknesses against them.</p><p></p><p>Our politicians generally can see them coming, but it's in their interests to smile (through gritted teeth) and hope they don't hate themselves in the morning.</p><p></p><p>I did a bit of a search for clips, perhaps the best thing is to look for yourself, here is the Wikipedia link.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser's_War_on_Everything" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser's_War_on_Everything</a></p><p></p><p>And I do think this link bears out what I said in another post last week - Wikipedia is getting heavily edited by the people who are using it to promote themselves rather than be accurately reported by it. However, it does include links to their US content, such as a bloke interviewing Hillary Clinton and offering to be her intern...</p><p></p><p>But I still think, dressing up as Osama Bin Laden and getting driven to within metres of where George W Bush is staying is just a tad foolhardy. They said they wanted to make the real Osama feel very inadequate.</p><p></p><p>And to one extent, they have won - I think we'll be watching the show when it airs tonight; so will the NSW police, I suspect. They Chaser boys are going to be walking a tightrope between fabulous ratings, and being sacked.</p><p></p><p>I've just done some digging - here are some links:</p><p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/06/1188783415499.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/06/1188783415499.html</a></p><p>(One of our major newspapers)</p><p></p><p>And the ABC - our national TV station, government owned, which happens to employ these boys (for now):</p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/07/2026566.htm" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/07/2026566.htm</a></p><p></p><p>There are links everywhere, like a rash over the 'Net, but I haven't found the video clip. The news clip at least, is going to be around. It's a doozy. But I thought you'd like the photo of their mock-up security badges - I think there are going to be a lot of embarrassed police.</p><p></p><p>I do recall one stunt of their in the past was to book airline tickets in the name of Al Kyda, Terry Wrist and so on, then fail to show up so the names have to be called over the loudspeakers. Meanwhile, these guys are filming, waiting to see reactions of both the public and the airline.</p><p></p><p>So far nobody's been hurt - yet...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 73191, member: 1991"] I'll try and find a news clip of it. Undoubtedly there will be something online later on because these blokes will do their utmost to get publicity... The news this morning - they were all released on bail. The fear is, they could have been shot by trigger-happy security (yours or ours). The Chaser boys are bow claiming they didn't know they were in an APEC high security area - yeah, right. Our politicians are trying to make light of it but they are really angry. Someone polled the Aussie community - over 80% thought it was funny. And yes, I can see the humour, but I can also see the foolhardiness and extreme danger. Apparently even the cops were laughing, once they realised they'd been had, but I bet a few roof-top snipers had to have their blood pressure checked out... But these boys do go way over the top in their search for ratings and publicity. They use people's weaknesses against them. Our politicians generally can see them coming, but it's in their interests to smile (through gritted teeth) and hope they don't hate themselves in the morning. I did a bit of a search for clips, perhaps the best thing is to look for yourself, here is the Wikipedia link. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser's_War_on_Everything"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser's_War_on_Everything[/url] And I do think this link bears out what I said in another post last week - Wikipedia is getting heavily edited by the people who are using it to promote themselves rather than be accurately reported by it. However, it does include links to their US content, such as a bloke interviewing Hillary Clinton and offering to be her intern... But I still think, dressing up as Osama Bin Laden and getting driven to within metres of where George W Bush is staying is just a tad foolhardy. They said they wanted to make the real Osama feel very inadequate. And to one extent, they have won - I think we'll be watching the show when it airs tonight; so will the NSW police, I suspect. They Chaser boys are going to be walking a tightrope between fabulous ratings, and being sacked. I've just done some digging - here are some links: [url="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/06/1188783415499.html"]http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/06/1188783415499.html[/url] (One of our major newspapers) And the ABC - our national TV station, government owned, which happens to employ these boys (for now): [url="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/07/2026566.htm"]http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/07/2026566.htm[/url] There are links everywhere, like a rash over the 'Net, but I haven't found the video clip. The news clip at least, is going to be around. It's a doozy. But I thought you'd like the photo of their mock-up security badges - I think there are going to be a lot of embarrassed police. I do recall one stunt of their in the past was to book airline tickets in the name of Al Kyda, Terry Wrist and so on, then fail to show up so the names have to be called over the loudspeakers. Meanwhile, these guys are filming, waiting to see reactions of both the public and the airline. So far nobody's been hurt - yet... Marg [/QUOTE]
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