FYI
This message came through Alliance forum.
I find it important enough to forward it, in a time when trustability of
information is crucial.
Any of the referred-to information sources may turn out to be wrong or
misleading, on purpose or not - CNN, CNN viewer, or both.
Should be interesting to investigate. If people among you have access to
both 1991 and 2001 CNN archives, please check.
Bernard
----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Thierry Gaudin" <gaudin.prospective2100@wanadoo.fr>
À : <alliance@forums.alliance21.org>
Envoyé : samedi 15 septembre 2001 12:26
Objet : [alliance] [Fwd: CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians
to manipulate you]
> > [forwarded]
> >
> > CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians to manipulate you
> >
> > From: "Marcio A. V. de Carvalho" <marcio.carv@UOL.COM.BR>
> > Subject: Fourth Power
> > To: SOCIAL-THEORY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >
> > 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
> >
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