{"id":1685,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1685"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"General-Cosgrove-Radio-Interview-Hoax---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1685","title":{"rendered":"General Cosgrove Radio Interview Hoax &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMessage claims that Australia&#8217;s General Peter Cosgrove made a remark about a female interviewer being &#8220;equipped to be a prostitute&#8221; during an interview on ABC radio.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe claim in the message is untrue. General Cosgrove has never made any such remark in any interview. The message is a recycled version of earlier US and UK based versions that have circulated for a number of years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Subject: FW: Worth thinking about Peter Cosgrove interview<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For those that don&#8217;t know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an &#8220;Australian treasure!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently. You&#8217;ll love his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and children. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you gotta love this! This is one of the best comeback lines of all time. It is a portion of an ABC interview between a female broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><b>FEMALE INTERVIEWER:<\/b><br \/>\nSo, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?<\/p>\n<p><b>GENERAL COSGROVE:<\/b><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.<\/p>\n<p><b>FEMALE INTERVIEWER:<\/b><br \/>\nShooting! That&#8217;s a bit irresponsible, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><b>GENERAL COSGROVE:<\/b><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t see why, they&#8217;ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.<\/p>\n<p><b>FEMALE INTERVIEWER:<\/b><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?<\/p>\n<p><b>GENERAL COSGROVE:<\/b><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline before they even touch a firearm.<\/p>\n<p><b>FEMALE INTERVIEWER:<\/b><br \/>\nBut you&#8217;re equipping them to become violent killers.<\/p>\n<p><b>GENERAL COSGROVE:<\/b><br \/>\nWell, Ma&#8217;am, you&#8217;re equipped to be a prostitute, but you&#8217;re not one, are you?<\/p>\n<p>The radio went silent and the interview ended.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/cosgrove-female-interviewer.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/cosgrove-female-interviewer.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Message claims that Australia&#8217;s General Peter Cosgrove made a remark about a female interviewer being &#8220;equipped to be a prostitute&#8221; during an interview on ABC radio. Brief Analysis: The claim in the message is untrue. General Cosgrove has never made any such remark in any interview. 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