Got this from another list - who to believe. Hmm.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Mitchell <rob.mitchell@netgates.co.uk>
To: Underscore (E-mail) <underscore@under-score.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:16 PM
Subject: [_] Power of Press -
Following Rob W's mail about Information and disinformation, what about
this?
Speaking of Power and DisemPowerment:
What happens when a global new organisation does what one claims is the
downfall of email?
New Media, Email
A NOTE ABOUT TRUTH-CHECKING
Granted I only know the person who sent it to me, and no-one else along the
chain.
So I then , took time out to call the BBC , which confirms that the author
of this piece is indeed the head of internal comms there
Still, doesn't prove that he wrote this, or that it is true, but...
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Sobers [SMTP:shawn.sobers@at-bristol.org.uk]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:55 AM
Subject: FW: FW: Power of Press - Not good
To all.
If this information is true, then I thought it was far too important not to
share!
Praying for peace.
Shawn
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Patricia Maguire on 19/09/2001 15:06:34
To: Lavina Maloney/RHM@RHM, KATHRYN FROST/RHM@RHM, Simone Walsh/RHM@RHM,
Karen Johnston/RHM@RHM, bmoloney@hoson.com, smcgahon@eircom.ie,
do'riordan@krafteurope.com
cc:
Subject: Power of Press - Not good
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 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
I thought so, the night they first showed those images, a BBC news reporter
in Palestine (I forget her name) denied that these scenes were taking place.
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