I‘d love to see the difference between a US Defence Dept Video News Release and the piece Frank Gardner presented tonight on the BBC 10. Go view it.
The pay-off to his online copy notes:
…until terrorists actually detonate a dirty bomb, the funding for coping for one [sic] is thin on the ground.
Some equipment is now being distributed, in both the US and Britain, but privately scientists question whether it will really be enough to cope with a full-scale radiological disaster.
Stop me and buy one!
Gardner’s no dupe. Let’s hope he realises the damage that feeble fare like this does to his credibility as a reporter.
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Bit harsh on Frank, who after all had a number of exclusive lines in his report, ie that ambulance crews were now carrying dosimeters. I’ve not heard or seen that anywhere else.
I just re-read the online piece and failed to pick up any traces of skepticism. What if this had been a piece about a new vaccine from a big pharma company…