Japanese Broadcaster Delivers Inaccurate Message That North Korea Launched 'Christmas Gift'

Annnnd, we are just now learning about this two days later? Just enough time for the news mongers to crank up the mighty Wurlitzer to get the fear built up and get the natives all restless. I small a possible psyop here folks. I’m reminded of a nuke missile headed for Hawaii story not so long ago.
 
Training exercise . . . where have we heard that before?
 
https://www.foxnews.com/world/japanese-broadcaster-delivers-inaccurate-message-saying-north-korea-launched-another-missile
 

FOX News wrote:

Japanese citizens were jolted early Friday morning when the country’s public broadcaster sent a news bulletin incorrectly reporting North Korea had launched a missile that idly landed in the waters east of the Japanese archipelago as the red-faced network issued an apology explaining the message was part of a media training exercise, a report said.
 
The false news alert occurred as both the U.S. and its East Asian allies have nervously awaited some kind of action from Pyongyang after the country warned earlier this month of a possible “Christmas gift” for Washington believed to be a possible long-range missile test, Reuters reported.
 
The text of the alert – sent at 12:22 a.m. local time – read: "North Korean missile seen as having fallen into seas about 2,000 km east of Hokkaido’s Cape Erimo," the wire service reported.
 
The alert, which also was delivered to users’ phones through the NHK apps, suggested the missile’s flight path was directly over Japanese territory.
 
The correction was sent by NHK approximately 30 minutes later, reading: “We apologize to our viewers and the public,” NHK said in a statement on its website. The broadcaster explained the alert was for training purposes. It also said it would review its procedures to prevent a recurrence.
 
 
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