NJ - Al Qaeda Inspire sketch

Here's a quick sketch that I literally knocked up with 15 minutes to the Newsjack deadline, which is annoying as I think with a bit more time I could've done it more justice. I realise it's on a topic that Newsjack may've wanted to steer clear of but I tried to handle it tastefully, see what you think...

JUSTIN

It was revealed this week that one of the terrorists killed in the drone strike in Yemen, Samir Khan, was the editor of Al Qaeda's contraversial in house "lifestyle" magazine, "Inspire", in order to get an insight into the most evil magazine since Katie Price launched "Katie" we sat in on a editorial meeting...

EDITOR

So, our September 9/11 tribue issue seemed to misjudge public opinion somewhat, we need to hit the newstands this month with a bang, so what have we got for the October edition? Any suggestions?

FASHION EDITOR

Well we've got a couple of fashion items,

"50 top looks for this Autumn's stylish Jihadi",

"Guantanamo Bay and how to look good in orange?"

LIFESTYLE EDITOR

And in lifestyle we have several articles for the busy fundamental extremist on the go...

"Pimp my cave - How to improve your cave hideout and increase it's resale value"

"RPGs, we roadtest the latest generation of Russian built weapons of destruction"

"72 Virgins, we show you the top virgins from around the world!"

JOURNALIST

And don't forget my special retrospective, "The Great Satan and his Verses", where we look back to those heady days of Salman Rushdie, something to stay in for.

EDITOR

Okay, that's looking pretty good, and don't forget this month's cover mounted gift...

"Free DVD featuring all of the late Bin Laden's best videos including the rarely seen blooper reels"

JOURNALIST

And, of course, I've written a 10,000 word article about cuisine featuring pilau, boiled and jasmine flavoured cereal

EDITOR

No, you idiot, I commissioned you to write a feature called 'Cooking with Ricin!'

Hi Tony

I'd say the framing device is wrong: this should be an advert for the magazine rather than a meeting. Bang out the articles in dramatic voiceover.

I *think* (not 100% sure) that they covered the Al-Qaeda magazine in a previous series though. Probably not 'cutting edge' enough for that reason.

Dan

Quote: swerytd @ October 6 2011, 9:30 AM BST

Hi Tony

I'd say the framing device is wrong: this should be an advert for the magazine rather than a meeting. Bang out the articles in dramatic voiceover.

I *think* (not 100% sure) that they covered the Al-Qaeda magazine in a previous series though. Probably not 'cutting edge' enough for that reason.

Dan

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Thanks Dan, at last some feedback!

I agree, much better as an ad (wish I'd thought of that at the time), like I said I had the idea at the 11th hour (actually it was at about 11.30am with the noon deadline looming) so I hastily scraped together some quick thoughts and jokes I had kicking around.

Wasn't sure if it was something Newsjack would cover but I thought the death of the editor might just make it newsworthy enough.

Off on holiday for two weeks now so seems unlikely I'll get anything on this series, pimholes.