One News blows things out of proportion

One News reported late in their bulletin on Friday night with the breaking news that a helicopter had crashed near Wanganui. They said they would bring us more details as they received them.

However, One News were embarassed when police confirmed that a helicopter did in fact go down - because this helicopter was a small remote controlled toy.

Trying to be the first with breaking news does not always work as planned, especially when the journalists do not check their facts first.

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