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  • 2021-09-02 (xsd:date)
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  • This clip of a 'news reporter' falling into a stream was made by a comedy group (en)
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  • A video of a journalist falling into a stream in the middle of a broadcast has been shared in Facebook and YouTube posts in South Korea that claim it shows a genuine news report. However, the video is intended as a joke; it was originally posted to YouTube by a comedy crew, who told AFP the video was created for satirical purposes. A legendary broadcast accident on the nine o’clock news at Cheonggye Stream, reads a Korean-language Facebook post shared on August 20. The video shows a man who seems to be a news presenter accidentally falling into a stream in the middle of a broadcast on summer city getaways. Text in the top-left corner features the headline: Diverse getaways you can enjoy in Seoul. Screenshot of the misleading claim on Facebook, captured August 31, 2021 Similar posts were shared on Facebook here , here and here , as well as here on YouTube. Comments on them suggest some social media users believed it was a genuine news report. I feel sorry for the reporter but I can't help but laugh, wrote one user on Daum Cafe . I hope he wasn't hurt, another commented on YouTube. However, the video was intended as a joke. The original video can be found here on a YouTube channel run by South Korean comedy team BDNS , which has more than 290,000 subscribers. The group says on its 'About' page that it makes hyper-realistic skits and comedy videos. The group has previously done similar skits mimicking news broadcasts with the same actor, as seen here and here . A representative for BDNS confirmed to AFP that the video was created by the group and that it was made for satirical purposes. (en)
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