Media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation in to how ITV managed to mistakenly present footage of Arma 2 as a secret IRA propaganda film from 1988.
Ofcom told The Guardian this morning it's now launching an investigation to see whether the incident constituted a breach of its broadcasting code.
ITV has since apologised for the cock-up, blaming the Arma 2 inclusion on an editing mistake.
In a statement, it said: "The events featured in Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA were genuine but it would appear that during the editing process the correct clip of the 1988 incident was not selected and other footage was mistakenly included in the film by producers.
"This was an unfortunate case of human error for which we apologise."
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9 comments so far...
jim2wheels on 10 Oct '11 said:
Saying the dog done it would of been a more plausable excuse.
drpunk on 10 Oct '11 said:
Get Me Hennimore!
El Mag on 10 Oct '11 said:
Hopefully they investigate the cast and crew of Loose Women next. They most definitely shouldn't be loose, and it's highly debatable as to if they're actually women.
gmcb007 on 10 Oct '11 said:
There's no reason why they shouldn't be done.
I mean isn't the most important thing in journalism to always check how creditible your info is?
ITV probably knew it was a game trailer, they just were hoping that nobody would be smart enough to catch on.
ITV's excuse was rubbish, they basically called their editing staff incompetent.
TheRandyNinja on 10 Oct '11 said:
to be fair the graphics are pretty good but how somebody couldnt noticed that it wasnt real footage is beyond me it dosent look that real
spaceman_DOUG on 10 Oct '11 said:
How the hell did they grab footage of the video of youtube accidentally?
Soviet1918 on 10 Oct '11 said:
Al that aside it does make you wonder what your seeing on the tv "eg news" is real or not,
So now theve made it so your eyes lie to you
kimoak on 11 Oct '11 said:
I was going to comment on this, but I noticed the 50 best Celebrity Bikini's story at the bottom of the article... that woke me up this morning!
ladycroft142 on 12 Oct '11 said:
I think they personally thought the footage was real but are insisting it was done by accident to save face.
On the plus side the Arma 2 people must be thrilled, just look at all that free publicity!