Gary,
Had you not shared the information, we would not have had the opportunity to
'check it out.'
Molly
Gary D Shank wrote:
> i am personally relieved that the information, which i received from a
> responsible source, is actually wrong. it would be far worse for cnn to
> do this than it was for a handful of people to celebrate innocent
> slaughter, imho. palestinians both here in the usa and abroad have gone
> to great lengths to show their horror over such a slaughter.
> i am also impressed at the ability of the internet to correct its
> misinformation and the speed that it does so. we are truly living in
> hypermodern times, at all levels.
>
> thanks again to kevin and molly and eugene for their pursrsuit of the
> triuth, and my apologies for helping sustain any falsehoods
>
> gary
>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Kevin Rocap wrote:
>
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > The person who originally suggested that the footage of Palestinians was
> > from the 1991 invasion of Kuwait has retracted that statement. He
> > tracked down the woman in Brazil who presumably had a copy of the 1991
> > videotaped footage. It turns out she had no such videotape, just seemed
> > to remember that same footage from 1991. That's a significantly weaker
> > allegation.
> >
> > The retraction is at:
> >
> > http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=64366
> >
> > An issue, for me, however, is that I don't believe it is unusual to use
> > some stock footage to sometimes "illlustrate" a news account that may
> > not have footage. The premium in television journalism is on video and
> > images.
> >
> > Generally, should video images be used to "illustrate" if they are not
> > specific footage of what is being described? I'm not sure if they are
> > used this way, but suspect they are. Perhaps others have first-hand
> > knowledge?
> >
> > In this particular case it seems that the footage may be accurate
> > footage from Sept 11. Yet other critics have, I think rightly,
> > questioned the use of the video when the celebration was not a universal
> > response of Palestinians. Many Palestinians grieved and proclaimed some
> > solidarity with the victims, families and other members of the world
> > community. But those were not captured in video images. I have seen
> > testimony, for instance, from a U.S. United Methodist liaison in Israel
> > who has experienced outpourings of grief and support from Palestinians
> > and shared that on Sept 11 list discussions.
> >
> > What is also interesting to me is the amount of effort that was put in
> > to corroborating the claim that the footage was from 1991 (the person
> > tracking down the alleged source in Brazil). I don't think we generally
> > demand that level of corroboration for images we receive from the major
> > media giants; perhaps we just grant them a level of authority, or some
> > of us are innured to their images, or some of us are skeptical. But
> > whatever the stance, my sense is that images have impact and elicit
> > responses that may not always be easily analyzed away.
> >
> > Just some thoughts on the dominance of video media, and the need for
> > critical media literacy.
> >
> > In Peace,
> > K.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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