Britain: A British television journalist who has been found dead was devastated by his forced resignation from Sky News channel after faking a report during the Iraq war, his wife said yesterday.
The body of James Forlong (44) was found by his wife Elaine at their home in Hove, southeast England early on Saturday. "James had been shattered by the recent blow to his career as a journalist. He deeply felt the loss of his job as a television correspondent," she said in a statement.
Forlong was forced to resign from Sky in July after he was found to have produced a faked report showing the preparation and firing of a cruise missile from HMS Splendid. A BBC documentary crew filming at the same time said it had been specially staged for the benefit of Sky's camera and that no missile was actually fired.