CNN Using 1991 Footage of Celebrating Palestinians?

[Phillip Hallam-Baker]

The thing that struck me about the footage is that there were about four
adults and a couple of kids. There were more people not celebrating.

The footage was introduced as mass demonstrations. However that is not what
the footage shows.

During the Falklands war the BBC showed us Argentine news footage claiming
to be showing footage of the front landing gear of a shot down Harrier. The
commentary ridiculed the Argentine claim that it was a Harrier stating
categroically that Harrier landing gear looked different, however that is
exactly what it was later demonstrated to be.

	Phill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fight-censorship at vorlon.mit.edu
> [mailto:owner-fight-censorship at vorlon.mit.edu]On Behalf Of Declan
> McCullagh
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:14 PM
> To: lizard
> Cc: Matthew Gaylor; FOI-L at listserv.syr.edu; Jim Warren;
> fight-censorship at vorlon.mit.edu; cypherpunks at lne.com;
> CYBERIA-L at listserv.aol.com
> Subject: Re: CNN Using 1991 Footage of Celebrating Palestinians?
>
>
> 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?ar
ticle_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.