> From: "Marcio A. V. de Carvalho"
>
> Subject: Fourth Power
>
> 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,
> search
> 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.
>
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