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filtherton · 09-12-2003, 05:29 PM

Here's another perspective on the cheering palestinians:
http://www.labournet.net/world/0109/cnn1.html

Celebrating Palestinians: CNN scene was actually staged
Report by Rania Masri
Published: 27/09/01

Labournet Germany confirms this account, adding that Der Spiegel refers to the earlier false claims, which were retracted, that the footage shown on 11 September was actually recycled from 1991.

Though we now know CNN manipulated this footage, other commentators opposed to the war do address the fact that the terrorist attacks did have some public support. See e.g. Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad - GD.

Hello,

The following information came to me via the Buddhist Peace Fellowship listserve. I think it is of interest to you. I visited both links and can confirm the substance of the message below: the full video clearly shows the same group from 9/11; they are a small group of about six or seven children, one woman, and two or three young men being urged to act cheerful in front of a camera. The cameraman can be seen handing out treats.

Many people are passing by in the background without giving any notice to the event, which is obviously not some sort of rally. You have to wait all the way to the end of the video to see the whole footage.

It is quite stunning that such footage would be utilized by TV channels and mainstream print media across the US, and beyond. The consequences of using this footage are clear (not implying that these consequences were planned) : further dehumanization of Palestinians and Arabs and furthering xenophobia in the US.

Rania Masri

Indy Media:

“Celebrating Palestinians”: Scene WAS ACTUALLY staged (english)

by Juergen 3:02am Tue Sep 25 ‘01 (Modified on 3:54am Tue Sep 25 ‘01)

A few days ago a Brazilian student, Marcio, claimed CNN was showing old scenes of celebrating Palestinians, claiming they were celebrating the WTC disaster. Well, the scenes were not old, but were manipulated!

In a recent statement CNN insisted that the famous footage was shot on the day of the WTC blast. Meanwhile, German reporters of the prestigious “Panorama” TV magazine investigated how the scenes were shot. What they found out was amazing. On German TV they aired, supposedly for the first time, parts of the entire 4-minute footage not previously shown.

It became clear that a person was animating a couple of children to cheer in front of the camera. The woman cheering was offered a candy to act cheerful. She later said she was shocked that her pictures were shown in the context of the terrorist attacks. She had no idea what they were for. A total view of the scene shows a street largely full of at best apathic people doing business as usual. Only a handful of people standing in front of the camera are celebrating.

You can see the video online on http://www.ndrtv.de/panorama/sendung/index.html. The link is below the second picture and in German. But you can still see the pictures in the report. Forward to 7 minutes 45 seconds and watch it until the end.

Furthermore, the highly regarded German magazine “Der Spiegel” has had an article on this. The article shows the picture of the woman getting candy and another one people showing more people in the background of the cheering kids. These people are passing by as usual.

Read the article

Unfortunately, in German as well. You can still see the pictures, though.

Here’s a little synapses of the article in Der Spiegel (titled “What is the truth?”):

Der Spiegel reports on the analysis conducted by Panorama. They point out that the pictures that went around the world only showed close-ups, never the whole street full of people celebrating. What Panorama found out, when watching the whole thing, was that there were shots of the street surrounding the cheering groups. These shots indicated that there were only a handful of people cheering while the majority of people passed by without participating (the second picture in the Spiegel article shows that).

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? ~Khalil Gibran

Yowsa! That's kooky!

09-12-2003, 05:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	Here's another perspective on the cheering palestinians: http://www.labournet.net/world/0109/cnn1.html Celebrating Palestinians: CNN scene was actually staged Report by Rania Masri Published: 27/09/01 Labournet Germany confirms this account, adding that Der Spiegel refers to the earlier false claims, which were retracted, that the footage shown on 11 September was actually recycled from 1991. Though we now know CNN manipulated this footage, other commentators opposed to the war do address the fact that the terrorist attacks did have some public support. See e.g. Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad - GD. Hello, The following information came to me via the Buddhist Peace Fellowship listserve. I think it is of interest to you. I visited both links and can confirm the substance of the message below: the full video clearly shows the same group from 9/11; they are a small group of about six or seven children, one woman, and two or three young men being urged to act cheerful in front of a camera. The cameraman can be seen handing out treats. Many people are passing by in the background without giving any notice to the event, which is obviously not some sort of rally. You have to wait all the way to the end of the video to see the whole footage. It is quite stunning that such footage would be utilized by TV channels and mainstream print media across the US, and beyond. The consequences of using this footage are clear (not implying that these consequences were planned) : further dehumanization of Palestinians and Arabs and furthering xenophobia in the US. Rania Masri Indy Media: “Celebrating Palestinians”: Scene WAS ACTUALLY staged (english) by Juergen 3:02am Tue Sep 25 ‘01 (Modified on 3:54am Tue Sep 25 ‘01) A few days ago a Brazilian student, Marcio, claimed CNN was showing old scenes of celebrating Palestinians, claiming they were celebrating the WTC disaster. Well, the scenes were not old, but were manipulated! In a recent statement CNN insisted that the famous footage was shot on the day of the WTC blast. Meanwhile, German reporters of the prestigious “Panorama” TV magazine investigated how the scenes were shot. What they found out was amazing. On German TV they aired, supposedly for the first time, parts of the entire 4-minute footage not previously shown. It became clear that a person was animating a couple of children to cheer in front of the camera. The woman cheering was offered a candy to act cheerful. She later said she was shocked that her pictures were shown in the context of the terrorist attacks. She had no idea what they were for. A total view of the scene shows a street largely full of at best apathic people doing business as usual. Only a handful of people standing in front of the camera are celebrating. You can see the video online on http://www.ndrtv.de/panorama/sendung/index.html. The link is below the second picture and in German. But you can still see the pictures in the report. Forward to 7 minutes 45 seconds and watch it until the end. Furthermore, the highly regarded German magazine “Der Spiegel” has had an article on this. The article shows the picture of the woman getting candy and another one people showing more people in the background of the cheering kids. These people are passing by as usual. Read the article Unfortunately, in German as well. You can still see the pictures, though. Here’s a little synapses of the article in Der Spiegel (titled “What is the truth?”): Der Spiegel reports on the analysis conducted by Panorama. They point out that the pictures that went around the world only showed close-ups, never the whole street full of people celebrating. What Panorama found out, when watching the whole thing, was that there were shots of the street surrounding the cheering groups. These shots indicated that there were only a handful of people cheering while the majority of people passed by without participating (the second picture in the Spiegel article shows that). You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? ~Khalil Gibran Yowsa! That's kooky!