60 Minutes Kidnapping Balls-Up

Imagine if the Lebanese version of 60 Minutes had attempted a kidnapping on the streets of Melbourne? Or Sydney? Or anywhere else in Australia? Don’t drop the soap, Tara.

You reckon it might just of occurred to them what might happen if they were caught?
Talk about stupid.

But… we’re 1st World!

Survivor Lebanon.

Gutter journalism finally getting a little bit of comeuppance.

Kids get put into danger and TV crew get locked up in sensational circumstances. There’s a TV exec somewhere sitting back, cracking his knuckles and considering this a bigger win that what he originally hoped for.

Kids get put into danger and TV crew get locked up in sensational circumstances. There's a TV exec somewhere sitting back, cracking his knuckles and considering this a bigger win that what he originally hoped for.
Best part is that they won't even have to dust off the chequebook to get the tell-all special report

No sympathy at all?

They arranged to have an elderly lady assaulted and two children snatched from her care and bundled into a car so they could film it.

No, really?

More Australian journos deserve jail time. This is just a start.

Kids get put into danger and TV crew get locked up in sensational circumstances. There's a TV exec somewhere sitting back, cracking his knuckles and considering this a bigger win that what he originally hoped for.

Can’t wait to hear how ‘brave’ the reporters have all been.

What did they do?

They arranged to have an elderly lady assaulted and two children snatched from her care and bundled into a car so they could film it.

What did they do?

tried to retrieve a kidnapped girl by kidnapping her in labanon. got caught now everyones in gaol.

What did they do?

tried to retrieve a kidnapped girl by kidnapping her in labanon. got caught now everyones in gaol.

So she wasn’t kidnapped in the first place?

Kids get put into danger and TV crew get locked up in sensational circumstances. There's a TV exec somewhere sitting back, cracking his knuckles and considering this a bigger win that what he originally hoped for.

Can’t wait to hear how ‘brave’ the reporters have all been.

Hodgey like brave.

I love how the sympathy factor is zero.

Which episode of Frontline is this you are talking about? Don’t think I’ve seen it…

What did they do?

tried to retrieve a kidnapped girl by kidnapping her in labanon. got caught now everyones in gaol.


The children weren’t kidnapped, they were with their father. Well, weren’t kidnapped until C9 and 60 minutes got involved.
What did they do?

tried to retrieve a kidnapped girl by kidnapping her in labanon. got caught now everyones in gaol.


The children weren’t kidnapped, they were with their father. Well, weren’t kidnapped until C9 and 60 minutes got involved.

Middle Eastern, and male - so they must have been kidnapped.