A video clip from 1986 Hollywood blockbuster “Top Gun” has appeared in a news report on a military drill from Chinese state media CCTV.In the newscast, there were explosion scenes perpetrated by a J-10 fighter plane that looked very similar to scenes from the 1986 movie, which starred Tom Cruise.
The striking similarities were spotted by Chinese netizen Liu Yi, who pointed out that the jet that the J-10 supposedly hit is a U.S. fighter jet.
“Looking at the screen shots juxtaposition, one cannot fail to find that even flame, smoke and the way the splinters fly look the same,” says the post.
The Wall Street Journal pointed out that back in 2002, "Beijing Evening News" unwittingly translated -- word for word, on its international page -- sections of a spoof story ran by satirical tabloid "The Onion."
CCTV often used "inappropriate footage" in news stories about the military or science and technology, as the inconsistencies are harder to spot, the BBC reported, quoting a source close to the inner workings of CCTV.
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