I'm really getting sick of this thing. The "False" CNN coverage is a hoax:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1540000/1540102.st m and http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_402920.html?menu=news.latestheadlines CNN says fake footage claims are 'baseless and ridiculous' CNN says accusations it faked footage of Palestinians celebrating the US terror attacks are baseless. Palestinian journalists and officials reportedly claim the footage dates back to 1991, but was passed off as being current. CNN says a Reuters camera crew filmed the celebrations in East Jerusalem hours after the hijackings. It says the allegations stem from an email by a Brazilian student. The Universad Estatal de Campinas-Brasil (Unicamp) says one of its students sent the email after apparently receiving information from a professor at another institution. Marcio AV Carvalho later realised the claims were false and sent out a correction, says Unicamp. A spokesman said: "The original message, however, was distributed all over the world, often with many distortions." A CNN spokesman told Ananova: "CNN rejects as baseless and ridiculous an allegation being circulated by email and the internet claiming that CNN televised 10-year-old videotape to illustrate Palestinians celebrating in the wake of the horrific September 11 tragedies in the US. "CNN applauds Unicamp for setting the record straight. The videotape in question was shot by a Reuters TV camera crew on September 11." According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, the Palestinian Journalists' Association has condemned CNN for "journalistic treachery". > > Sorry to go off topic but I thought this was worth posting ... > >>>>> There's an important point in the power of press, specifically the >> power >>>>> of CNN. >>>>> >>>>> All around the world we are subjected to 3 or 4 huge news >> distributors, >>>>> and one of them - as you well know - is CNN. >>>>> Very well, I guess all of you have been seeing (just as I've been) >>>>> images from this company. In Particular, one set of images caught my >>>>> attention: the Palestinians celebrating the bombing, out on the >> streets, >>>>> eating celebration sweets and making funny faces for the camera. >>>>> >>>>> Well, THOSE IMAGES WERE SHOT BACK IN 1991!!! Those are images of >>>>> Palestinians celebrating the invasion of Kuwait! >>>>> It's simply unacceptable that a super-power of communications as CNN >>>> uses >>>>> images which do not correspond to the reality in talking about so >>>>> serious of an issue. >>>>> >>>>> At the BBC here, we have these footages on videotapes recorded in >> 1991, >>>>> with the very same images. >>>>> But now, think for a moment about the impact of such images. Your >> people >>>>> are hurt, emotionally fragile, and this kind of broadcast has very >> high >>>>> possiblity of causing waves of anger and rage against the >> Palestinians. >>>>> >>>>> It's simply irresponsible to show images such as those. >>>>> >>>>> Russell Grossman | Head of Internal Communication | BBC >>>>> Third Floor | London Broadcasting House | LONDON W1A 1AA >>>>> >>> -- >>> I thought so, the night they first showed those images, a BBC news >>> reporter >>> in Palestine (I forget her name) denied that these scenes were taking >>> place. >>> >>> > > > > > **************************************************************************** **> * > Important. This E-mail is intended for the above named person and may be > confidential and/or legally privileged. If this has come to you in error you > must take no action based on it, nor must you copy or show it to anyone; > please > inform the sender immediately. > **************************************************************************** **> * > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
