The Daily Telegraph's 'Blackjack'

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The Daily Telegraph's 'Blackjack'

'A completely fictional piece of entertainment'?/Scare-mongering?/Predictive programming?/A deliberately controversial piece designed to raise ad revenues through publicity?

You decide...

Part 1:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/4220575/Blackjack.html

On Youtube:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rB2V8KqvOY0&feature=related

Part 2:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...40/Blackjack---Part-2.-A-slideshow-story.html

On Youtube:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MCmKBXsc5Bk

Whether it's 'a completely fictional game' or foreshadowing of deathly serious things to come, at the very least one has to question the newspaper's motives/the editorial decision behind the publication of 'Blackjack' - how on earth can they justify publishing it? Last time I checked, national newspapers don't normally solicit fiction...