Another great landing for Buzz Aldrin

[Ian Price]

This made me laugh out loud. The story on it's own is pretty good but to capture it on video is a bit of a bonus.

Here's the story:

‘One conspiracy theory involving Aldrin stems from a supposed Apollo moon landing hoax by the U.S. government. On September 9, 2002, filmmaker Bart Sibrel, a proponent of the conspiracy allegations, confronted Aldrin outside a Beverly Hills, California hotel. Sibrel called Aldrin "a coward, a liar, and a thief," saying "You're the one who said you walked on the moon and you didn't." Aldrin punched Sibrel in the face.[19] Beverly Hills police and the city's prosecutor declined to file charges. Sibrel suffered no permanent injuries.’

And here's the vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcoyiJdeWT4

[Afghan Dave]

I love old guys who won't take sh1t from jumped up twits used to politically correct media responses...

If only more people received a direct answer to stupid questions society would be in a better state!

[Davey]

that was great!

[Nadz1lla]

Go Buzz!!!  :lol:

[AndyR]

Nice one Buzz!!!

I knew about this episode, but I hadn't seen any pictures of it...

"Ali G" cornered him a few years later but didn't get smacked (I understand he was slightly more amusing, but he didn't manage to get a rise out of Aldrin, even with "do you fink man will ever walk on the sun?")

[dave_mc]

hahaha awesome  :lol:

[nfe]

Smoked by an old man  :lol:

What the hell kind of dreadful journalism was that anyway?

[Simon D]

Smoked by an old man  :lol:

What the hell kind of dreadful journalism was that anyway?

It was the kind of 'journalism' that has got the trade a bad name. I'm a journalist myself, and guys like that drive me bloody crackers. They're nothing more than cheap hacks, and this one got what he deserved.

[nfe]

Smoked by an old man  :lol:

What the hell kind of dreadful journalism was that anyway?

It was the kind of 'journalism' that has got the trade a bad name. I'm a journalist myself, and guys like that drive me bloody crackers. They're nothing more than cheap hacks, and this one got what he deserved.

Yeah, see I've a good pal that's a journalist too and I'm fairly confident he doesn't interview the first minister along the lines of "Oi, Salmont you inept prick, when's this fucking referundum coming eh?"

[Simon D]

Smoked by an old man  :lol:

What the hell kind of dreadful journalism was that anyway?

It was the kind of 'journalism' that has got the trade a bad name. I'm a journalist myself, and guys like that drive me bloody crackers. They're nothing more than cheap hacks, and this one got what he deserved.

Yeah, see I've a good pal that's a journalist too and I'm fairly confident he doesn't interview the first minister along the lines of "Oi, Salmont you inept prick, when's this fucking referundum coming eh?"

Hahaha, nicely put! That kind of approach is frowned upon somewhat, and using it once can make getting a follow-up interview pretty difficult.    It's perfectly possible for an investigative journalist to ask difficult questions without being offensive or cheap - John Pilger springs to mind as a good example.

[shobet]

I think you're being very kind calling that gent. a journalist. Blogosphere tabloid stuff at it's worst.

[Simon D]

I think you're being very kind calling that gent. a journalist. Blogosphere tabloid stuff at it's worst.

You're right there. But on reflection, it's somehow even worse than even blogosphere tabloid - it's conspiracy-theory fuelled, borderline obessive hackery at its absolute worst.

[il˙ti]

Yeah everyone knows physical violence is the best response to critisism.

I am no fan of conspiracy theories either, but a man who smacks someone for talking shitee about him is not exactly role-model worthy either.

[shobet]

Yeah everyone knows physical violence is the best response to critisism.

I am no fan of conspiracy theories either, but a man who smacks someone for talking shitee about him is not exactly role-model worthy either.

Never had a mike shoved in your face and someone shouting at you that you're a liar then? I think it's a fairly natural reaction, what I'm surprised about is that said journalist, ooops, hack has not sued the old geezer. But then with that all over the interwebs I doubt that anything would stick.

[sambo]

Yeah everyone knows physical violence is the best response to critisism.

I am no fan of conspiracy theories either, but a man who smacks someone for talking shitee about him is not exactly role-model worthy either.

It was more like abuse or harassment than criticism, really. That doesn't mean it was entirely defensible; in a perfect world Buzz would have kept his cool and dealt with the guy politely and everyone would go home happy. But I think it's a natural human instinct to (occasionally) give someone a smack when they are acting like that, and a part of me thinks "he deserved it".