They Went Dumb Tonight

More bad news for Today Tonight. Again, I quote from The Age, where Daniel Ziffer and Mark Forbes tell us that:

Last night Robson and her crew were being deported from Indonesia after police had apprehended them for posing as tourists.

And also:

Papua police chief Tommy Jacobus confirmed the five were forced to leave. "They admitted to being journalists who were intending to report on events here," General Jacobus said. "It is best if we deport them."

Two things about this:

First, Today Tonight claimed that Channel 9 dobbed them in to the authorities for posing as tourists. The response from Channel 9’s Executive Producer, David Hurley, is priceless:

"They get off a plane and they have at least a dozen camera cases … If you try to do that in Jayapura with your hair extensions hanging off you and you say, 'We are here to write a story on cannibals', what do you really expect them to say?"

Secondly, we all need to write to Today Tonight and assure them that if they ever do a story criticizing anyone who is alleged to have entered our country illegally ever again, they will be mocked loudly, endless and with great enthusiasm.