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Vol.8 of Master Keaton starts with the TV broadcasting a news segment about 'a
Lion was accidentally trapped inside the cage of leopards in some zoo near
River Seine.' This was later explained that it symbolizes a royal family
member being in danger overseas, and is used by the British government to
secretly notify the related parties (agents?)

Was this based on some real world practice?


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In Master Keaton, is TV news being used as secret code based on real world practice?


It was certainly done during World War II by the BBC as part of [Radio
Londres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Londres). These were radio
broadcasts from England to France, where each broadcast began with "personal
messages" that were clearly coded messages for the French Resistance.
Famously, it informed them of the imminent D-Day invasion.

I haven't come across any verified evidence of this on TV, though there are
persistent rumors.


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