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Israeli PM 'Seriously' ill

Suffers major stroke, heavily bleeding (January 2006)

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RT
rts Founding member
Six has George out in Jerusalem.
JU
juice
The press conference has been taking place for a while now, and the spokesman from the hospital says that Sharon is 'serious, but stable'.

He also went on to say that he has induced paralysis, but they expect to wake him up in the next 24-48 hours. He refused to say whether he would make a full or partial recovery.

Sharon is in an induced coma, on life support.
TV
tvmercia Founding member
quite shocked to see matthew price wearing a black tie in his report about sharon. seems a bit odd that the guidelines permit reporters to outwardly display grief for a rather controversial, far from universally liked figure in a very sensitive conflict.

meanwhile when the old queen mum went, all she got was a dark red tie. whilst a lot of people probably found her irrelevant, i think she was far less controversial.
MR
mromega
Could it not just be that it was a nice tie that happened to be black?
NS
NickyS Founding member
mromega posted:
Could it not just be that it was a nice tie that happened to be black?

Was it black or very dark brown?
TV
archiveTV
Nik Gowing in Jerusalem for the continuous news channels
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
NickyS posted:
mromega posted:
Could it not just be that it was a nice tie that happened to be black?

Was it black or very dark brown?

Can't be sure, Nicky, but on an average television in an averagely lit room, the PERCEPTION was that it was black.

I tend to agree (not surprisingly, for those who know me) with Mr Mercia's comment, above.
RT
rts Founding member
Looked like dark brown to me. I have the same shirt/tie combination myself. But I could be wrong.
JA
jamesmd
Nick Harvey posted:
NickyS posted:
mromega posted:
Could it not just be that it was a nice tie that happened to be black?

Was it black or very dark brown?

Can't be sure, Nicky, but on an average television in an averagely lit room, the PERCEPTION was that it was black.

I tend to agree (not surprisingly, for those who know me) with Mr Mercia's comment, above.


Surely that was Heggessey ruling the roost over the newsroom. Can't correspondants choose whichever clothing they feel appopriate? (After all, it is within the boundaries of "sombre")
RT
rts Founding member
Israeli television is reporting Sharon has been returned to the operating room for more surgery.
JU
juice
Sharon's surgery has now ended, a statement is due shortly from the hospital.

JT is still in Jerusalem for Sky News.
JC
JamieC
There was just a female voiceover for an part of an obit broadcast on Sky News by mistake. Ended with something like "Israel's old fighter couldn't beat off old age and illness....Ends.".

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