CNN - EXPOSED > Original Message ----- > From: "Shahid Latif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 attention: 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 Iraq bombing Israel! 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. > > ACTION ITEM: > > Contact CNN at: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In polite but firm letters denounce the act and demand an explanation and > corrective action. ------------------------- ISPAK -------------------------- ISPAK Discussion List. Members are limited to officials of ISPs and ESPs of Pakistan and select media representatives. -------------- http://ispak.net.pk -----------------------
