> > > Propaganda Watch
> > > CNN Used 1991 Film To Incite Against
> Palestinians
> > > Posted: 26 Jamad-u-Thani 1422, 14 September 2001
>
> > > CNN showed Palestinians cheering the death and
> > destruction of 11
> > > September. The scenes were repeated throughout
> the
> > day and around the
> > > world to sow hatred against the "callous"
> > Palestinians.
> > >
> > > Now it turns out that it used footage from 1991
> > and just claimed that it
> > > was today's footage. A contributor to
> CounterPunch
> > > > >
> > (edited by Alexander
> > > Cockburn) reports that he and his colleagues had
> > compared this tape with
> > > one from 1991 showing Palestinian cheering, and
> > found them to be
> > > identical. Here are excerpts from that letter by
> > Marcio A. V. Carvalho at
> > > State University of Campinas - Brazil:
> > >
> > > "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 called
> > my attencion: the
> > > Palestinians celebrating the bombing, out on the
> > streets, eating some cake
> > > 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 an issue.
> > >
> > > A teacher of mine, here in Brazil, has
> videotapes
> > recorded in 1991,
> > > with the very same images; he's been sending
> > emails to CNN, Globo (the
> > > major TV network in Brazil) and newspapers,
> > denouncing what I myself
> > > classify as a crime against the public opinion.
> If
> > anyone of you has
> > > access to this kind of files, search for it. In
> > the meanwhile, I'll try to
> > > 'put my hands' on a copy of this tape.
> > >
> > > But now, think for a moment about the impact of
> > such images. Your
> > > people are hurt, emotionally fragile, and this
> > kind of broadcast have very
> > > high possibility of causing waves of anger and
> > rage against Palestinians.
> > > It's simply irresponsible to show images such as
> > those."
> > >
> > > Marcio A. V. Carvalho State University of
> > Campinas - Brazil.
> > >
> > >
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