Yes it's off topic but who cares right now.

Fri Sep 14 17:49:14 UTC 2001

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34346,00.html
The Palestinian Authority has warned journalists they might be in danger if
they continue to use images of Arabs celebrating Tuesday's terrorist attacks
.....

If it was old footage, I don't think Palestinian Authoritie's response was
the same..

Alex Avtsin
Network Engineer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Greenwell" <patrick at cybernothing.org>
To: "Borchers, Mark" <mborchers at splitrock.net>
Cc: "'Los, Ralph'" <rlos at EnvestNet.com>; "'Dmitri Krioukov'"
<dima at krioukov.net>; "'Arman Khalili'" <arman at unitedlayer.com>;
<nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now.

>
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Borchers, Mark wrote:
> > doing.  I do not think the people we saw dancing in the streets
> > on the news were typical Arab citizens.
>
> You might find this very interesting:
>
> From: "Marcio A. V. de Carvalho"
> <marcio.carv at UOL.COM.BR>
> 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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