[Reader-list] CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians

[Aizura]

Hello all -- this is my first post to this list. The below was forwarded to
me this morning... sorry about all the forwarding marks and bad wrapping.

Aizura Hankin
Melbourne, Australia


http://indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=63288&group=webcast
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>CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians to manipulate you (english)
>by Marcio 10:32pm Wed Sep 12 '01
>
>
>  .
>I'd like to add some ideas from here, down south.
>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 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 cumminications 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, serch 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
>                                                       is hurt,
>emotionally fragile, and this kind broadcast have very high
>                                                       possibility of
>causing waves of anger and rage against Palestinians.
>                                                       It's simply
>irresponsible to show images such as those.
>
>                                                       Finally, I'd
>like to say that we all regret and condemn all that has
>                                                       happened in the
>last days; but Nikos has a point here. I really don't
>                                                       want to be
>misunderstood here, but the truth is that US government had
>                                                       shown no respect
>for other countries in the last decades. In the 60s and
>                                                       70s they had
>halped lots of military coups throughout the world
>                                                       (including
>Brazil in 64). Later, with Reagan and Bush Father, the
>                                                       Washington
>Consensus have been demolishing the bases of our economies,
>                                                       making us more
>and more dependant (and, many of us, prehocupied with
>                                                       this situation).
>
>                                                       Your current
>president quickly made things worse: Kioto Protocol, Star
>                                                       Wars, Colombia
>Plan, the exchange of rain forest for pieces of external
>                                                       debt, tha
>abandonment of the position of third party in negotiations
>                                                       between IRA and
>England, and between Palestinians and Israel. All those
>                                                       mistakes in US
>external politics made your country more hatred than
>                                                       before, and, of
>course, more vulnerable.
>
>                                                       Listen, I'm NOT
>justifying the terrorist actions that took place in your
>                                                       country; but it
>seems to me that, if your leaders had come along another
>                                                       path of thoughts
>and actions, you wouldn't be suffering what you are
>                                                       now.
>
>                                                       Best regards,
>and the hope that everything is resolved for the best of
>                                                       all of us
>
>                                                       Márcio A. V. Carvalho
>                                                       State University
>of Campinas - Brazil