Turkish Reporter: These Grand Theft Auto Cheat Codes Are The Secret Messages Of The Failed Coup Attempt
from the idkfa dept
In a polarized America, quite often the claim is made that this or that news organization is making stuff up and calling it news. These claims usually fall along partisan lines, leading those of us that don’t consider ourselves affiliated with any side to shake our heads. And, while nobody should ever be so bold as to claim that no bias exists at all, accusations of purely making up news tend to pale in comparison to what goes on in some other nations out there.
Let’s take Turkey, for instance. Yes the country with the petulant and easily-upset President Tayyip Erdogan, also has some reporters that truly just make stuff up. For instance, you can read about one reporter who managed to find some secret documents from the plotters of the recently failed coup attempt against Erdogan, and you can see an image of the secret codes she found below.
If any of that looks familiar but you’re still having trouble placing exactly what, here’s a basic transcription of the words on the page.
GTA IV
Cheats
I/ Health and Gun
II/Health and Armor
Yup, those are cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto 4. The reporter, meanwhile, apparently insisted that these were secret communications by the plotters against Erdogan. And you have to admit that that doesn’t make any sense, because if those plotters could get more guns and health just by repeating a video game cheat code, the coup probably would have gone off without a hitch.
I’m not telling you not to be mad at news coverage in the United States. I’m just saying it could be worse.
Comments on “Turkish Reporter: These Grand Theft Auto Cheat Codes Are The Secret Messages Of The Failed Coup Attempt”
Could be very handy with that 6 star rating they have going on right now.
They should have went with the ‘lower wanted level’ cheat.
You know it
Up, up, down, down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, A, B. Start….
That code was so good. It posted twice. Unstoppable.
How do we mark the post itself as funny?
Wasn’t this news a couple weeks ago?
More proof our reality is a simulation.
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Our reality might not be a simulation.
This planet could be a beta test.
Or, this planet could be some other planet’s ‘hell’.
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The developer writes messy code and left a lot of bugs in it.
2 Stars
Countries are like people
Countries are like individuals. Sometimes they just go batshit insane.
Re: Countries are like people
Make ${COUNTRY} great again!
(Imagines Trump madly punching cheat codes into voting machines in the hope of proving Hillary rigged the election…)
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no matter which side wins we can be certain the losers will claim election fraud.
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Only one side has already claimed it will be rigged, however.
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Citizens are the losers, no matter what.
Who is elected determines how bad it will get.
CHEATER!!!!
This is absolutely true*
I, for one, am planning to overthrow the Australian government after the census debacle and I KNOW I will succeed because I have in my grubby little hands a piece of paper containing the phrases “power overwhelming”, “show me the money” and “there is no cow level”.
* for very loose definitions of the word “true” 🙂
What I don’t understand is why everyone keep referring to this as the “failed coup”. This was a very successful coup from Erdogan.
They clearly picked the wrong game, GTA IV has lousy cheat codes. Using GTA V instead would let one become more or less Superman.
Making stuff up and calling it news
American news organizations DO NOT make stuff up and call it news.
They call it BREAKING NEWS.
We've seen more believable versions of this sort of thing before.
The 1944 D-Day Crossword Panic should set the standard for the minimum amount of evidence before a communication conspiracy is to be believed.
I’m just saying it could be worse.
Could? I would use will instead of could. Because at some point it will. And that applies everywhere.
Newsvertising
In addition to making up news, they also disguise advertisements as news, and the anchor just happens to have that (insert product here) and thinks it’s great.