Very worrying
Fresh from the BBC
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>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 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
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