China's State Broadcasters Use Top Gun Footage

By Greg Scoblete
January 31, 2011

China broadcaster uses Top Gun footage

We pause from Egypt-blogging to bring you this important news:

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China's state broadcaster used footage that appears to have been taken from a Hollywood film in one of its news reports - but not for the first time.

A China Central Television story about the country's air force showed an explosion that was identical to a scene from the 1986 film Top Gun.

The broadcaster often uses film clips in its news reports.

A person familiar with the company said it was currently trying to set up a system to contain this situation.

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Look for the explosion at 1:11.

[Hat tip: The Gulf Blog]

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