Stupid things about the ABC that annoy me

Factual fuckups. They annoy me.

Let's say our Middle East correspondent is somewhere in say Gaza and he says, "..and a column of Israeli tanks rolled into the neighbourhood blah blah blah.." and in the background, you see a couple of M113 armoured personnel carriers, or even the odd armoured bulldozer, but rarely something like an actual Merkava tank.

Ok, this picture is not an Israeli tank, but it shows the general features that I think a tank should have, like a big main gun and a bloody big turret on top. Yes, not all tanks have turrets, but most do. Yes, some APC's have a turret, but they don't have a big old main gun - something in the 75mm plus size (to include the older Soviet designs like the T-55 that still seem to be trundling around Africa somewhere).

If the ABC can't even get their vehicle recognition right, how much of the rest of their reporting is plain garbage?

Here's a hint - if people run out of a door in the back of the vehicle, it is probably not a tank. (Although I am sure that some picky bastard will point out that some tanks have a reloading door at the back). OK, if infantry run out of the back door, it is not a tank. If you don't know the difference between infantry and armour, go get a job on Play School and get the fuck out of the Middle East.