we'v been had (again)
source: http://www.counterpunch.org/carvalho.html
Carvalho on CNN Footage
There's an important point in the power of press, specifically the powerof 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
Marcio A. V. Carvalho State University of Campinas - Brazil
source: http://www.counterpunch.org/carvalho.html
Carvalho on CNN Footage
There's an important point in the power of press, specifically the powerof 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
Marcio A. V. Carvalho State University of Campinas - Brazil
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