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Originally Posted by punky
If there's one thing I find curious about this is that by the time the story broke in the UK yesterday morning, there was already video of reactions from Afghanistan. Afghanistan is mostly destitute farmers with barely any working electricity. Yet they find out before us? Word travels fast in certain circles.
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The story didn't break yesterday morning ... BBC news was running it on Tuesday evening.
Besides, as Foreverwar pointed out, if a journalist goes out to get 'reaction' to a particular story, it is standard procedure to explain the story to your talking head first, then switch the camera on and collect their rage.