IP: What you see on CNN is not what you thought -- BBC on CNN

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:54:11 -0400
> From: Eric Rosenthal <eric () creative-technology net>
> > 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! t'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
>
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