Embarrassment as broadcaster admits mixing film of two eruptions in Patagonia to make video that went viral
The BBC has admitted that footage of a volcanic eruption screened as part of its natural history blockbuster series Patagonia: Earth’s Secret Paradise was faked. The scene,purporting to depict a single volcano in eruption, was actually created by splicing together eruptions from two separate volcanoes. One eruption took dwelling in 2011, and the other in 2015.
The admission is likely to trigger a current row over the expend of digital techniques to make documentaries more dramatic and common,and will embroil the corporation in further controversy at a time when its finances and remit are under parliamentary scrutiny.
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Source: theguardian.com