A Danish television channel admitted yesterday it mistakenly used a screenshot from a computer game in a news report about Syria. News anchor Cecilie Beck presented a segment about the conflict in the Middle Eastern country while sitting in front of a picture taken from adventure game Assassin's Creed. Jacob Nybroe, head of news at TV2, has been forced to apologise after the blunder on February 26 was highlighted on social networking sites. TV2 news anchor Cecilie Beck presented a news segment on the preservation of Syria's heritage while sitting in front of a backdrop taken from the adventure computer game Assassin's Creed
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Danish channel TV2 apologised after the error was highlighted online
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Image, believed to be from first game, was mistakenly thought to be genuine
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It was used to illustrate news segment about preserving Syria's heritage
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Head of news said it proves importance of verifying the source of images
The news segment opened with an appropriate image of the @placeholder flag before switching to the screenshot