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Sky News apologises for using Vietnam War napalm image in story about taxi drivers

Vivienne Kelly

January 20, 2017 3:38

Sky News Australia is facing online backlash after an article about Vietnamese taxi drivers’ anger over mobile apps used Nick Ut’s famous 1972 image of distressed, naked and injured children running from a napalm attack.

@HattoriHanzo232 @SkyNewsAust pic.twitter.com/epMUuheVtR

— Tim Bell (@timpoliti) January 19, 2017

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Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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