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> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:42 AM
> Subject: !b_a_Act: CNN story-- THIS IS INCREDIBLE
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> Story from the www.indymedia.org:8081 newswire
> >
> >Article by: Marcio
> >Wednesday 12 Sep 2001
> >
> >Reference at indymedia website:
> >http://www.indymedia.org:8081//front.php3?article_id=63288
> >
> >Article:
> >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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