Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring the 2007 Broadcast Hijacking of the Czech Television Morning Show called Panorama. The Live Morning Show Featured Scenic Picturesque Scenes of Czech Countryside (with a relaxing musical soundtrack) to Help Boost the Tourist Industry in Czechoslovakia. Czech Citizens Freaked the fuck Out with some People even called the Government to find out What to Do while Other People fled in Fear of Radiation Poisoning from the Nuclear Fallout. The Television Station CT2 had to make Official Statement that it was a Fake Nuclear Explosion and that Czechoslovakia had Not in Fact been Attacked, Bombed, and a Nuclear War had Not Broken Out.
The Hijacking was Carried Out by 6 Members of a Radical Artists Collective known as Ztohoven and one of Their Causes is “Penetrating Public Space”. After the Incident the 6 Members where Arrested and Taken into Custody and Charged with Spreading False Information. Ztohoven Stated the Purpose of the Broadcast Hijacking, which They referred to as Media Reality, was Not to Harm, BUT to illustrate How the Media Manipulates Reality. In a Statement from the Group said: “We are Neither a Terrorist Organization Nor a Political Group. Our Aim is Not to Intimidate Society or Manipulate it, Which is something We Witness on a Daily Basis by the Media. On June 17, 2007, [We] Attacked the Space of TV Broadcasting, Distorting it, Questioning its Truthfulness and its Credibility.” The Group Also Added that They Hoped Their Action would “Remind the Media of Their Duty to Bring Out the Truth”.
This Particular Broadcast was Compared to Orson Welles’ War of The Worlds Radio Broadcast Back in 1938 which was Portrayed a Fictitious News Report as Authentic. War of The Worlds Radio News Broadcast claimed Aliens were Invading the Earth Laying Waste to Everything in Their Path. Listeners freaked the fuck Out and Mass Panic Broke Out Across the Country. There were Reports of People Suffering Heart Attacks and Shooting at Water Towers/ Windmills etc. after Hearing the Broadcast and Believing it to be Real.
It is what it is,
Presented By Les Sober