Jun 072007
Just seen a BBC news report about the attack on the pope today, claiming that the attacker had gotten through the security cordon surrounding the pope. Quite obviously hype as during that claim, they were playing footage of the attack which clearly shows the attacker being pulled to the ground by the second to last and last line of defence.
So the attacker did not get through the security cordon at all! Not that this was not an important incident that the Vatican needs to investigate, but it is an example of how the media frequently seems to like making the news more serious than it really is.