Thursday, December 14, 2006

HG Wells deja vu

HG welles is legendary for The War of The Worlds.that famous martian hoax that fooled millions of America in 1938 on fears of Martian invasions.Personally my taste isn't for such shitty martian stuff,preferring things with some kind of style and substance,so in his tradition we've got Belgium. Belgians were fooled to thinking that Belgium is gone for 30 minutes.when the French Wallon station finally announced it was a hoax they managed to start a diplomatic crisis

The French and Flemish both slammed the station RTBF who broadcasted that hoax broadcast...Regular programming on the channel La Une was interrupted for a news bulletin which claimed the Flemish parliament had unilaterally declared independence from Belgium, thereby ending the existence of the country. Interviews with prominent Belgian politicians (some of which had been informed about the hoax) as well as staged footage of the evacuation of the royal family gave credence to the event.The broadcast of the report led to some consternation in French-speaking Belgium as well as politicians. A hotline set up by the station was swamped by calls

For your enjoyment here's the whole video (Note: Please ask Genim for commentary,or try and read dutch subtitles and make out what they mean)

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