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NickyS
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[quote="c@t"]Two points that I don't think have yet been picked up on:
Why are ITV branding Philip Reay Smith as "the first reporter in Iraq"? For a start, he plainly was not the first reporter in Iraq... there have been people there for weeks, months and years.
Secondly, he was not even the first reporter in Southern Iraq (which I believe is what they are getting at). He delivered his first dispatch during the 11 O'clock ITV News, when ITV put the caption "first in Iraq" up... but Colin Brazier from Sky had reported travelling over the Iraqi border at just past 8 O'clock that evening, so ITV are obviously getting their wires crossed or - surely not! - talking bull.
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All sounds like just a bit of 'talking up' going on - he may be the first to a certain place. Also I had a feeling that Philip Reay Smith is a pool reporter anyway.
Why are ITV branding Philip Reay Smith as "the first reporter in Iraq"? For a start, he plainly was not the first reporter in Iraq... there have been people there for weeks, months and years.
Secondly, he was not even the first reporter in Southern Iraq (which I believe is what they are getting at). He delivered his first dispatch during the 11 O'clock ITV News, when ITV put the caption "first in Iraq" up... but Colin Brazier from Sky had reported travelling over the Iraqi border at just past 8 O'clock that evening, so ITV are obviously getting their wires crossed or - surely not! - talking bull.
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All sounds like just a bit of 'talking up' going on - he may be the first to a certain place. Also I had a feeling that Philip Reay Smith is a pool reporter anyway.
