CNN Using 1991 Footage of Celebrating Palestinians?

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Thu Sep 13 15:14:05 PDT 2001


I agree with Liz. This violates journalistic principles (old footage
can be used but must be labeled "file footage" or similar) and would
expose CNN to withering criticism from its competitors and other
journalists.

Worth ignoring.

-Declan


On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 01:46:16PM -0700, lizard wrote:
> Matthew Gaylor wrote:
> > 
> > CNN Using 1991 Footage of Celebrating Palestinians
> > 
> > Can anyone verify this?
> > 
> > http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/display.php3?article_id=6946
> > 
> Reading through the following comments, it seems unlikely. Possible, but
> unlikely. The evidence, at this point, consists of an obviously anti-US
> poster referring to an unnamed Professor with an unseen tape. That's
> pretty low on the rely-o-meter.
> 
> I won't say it's impossible, but I want a better source.





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