Fwd: IMC Brasil Statement on CNN supposed manipulation of images

For your information,

Sabri Oncu

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Forwarded mail:

Date:  Sun Sep 16, 2001  2:09 am
Subject:  IMC Brasil Statement on CNN supposed manipulation of images

 
A couple of days ago a story written by a Brazilian student was posted at 
IMC Israel 
(http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/display.php3?article_id=6946) 
saying that his teacher at UNICAMP university had evidence that images CNN 
broadcast showing Palestinians celebrating the World Trade Center attack 
were actually old images from 1991 of Palestinians celebrating Kuwait's 
invasion. This story has since then circulated in the form of e-mails and 
hundreds of people commented on it. We finally managed to contact him and 
he was very worried about the repercussions of what he wrote. He said that 
his teacher later said that she didn't had a tape of the old CNN footage 
and she wasn't sure about it. Well, he's writing himself a statement 
clarifying what happened. Meanwhile, we would ask that people not spread 
this rumor further.

Sincerely,

Pablo Ortellado 
Independent Media Center Brasil Volunteer
http://www.brasil.indymedia.org