UPDATE: BBC and CNN React to Pallywood Video Footage
November 18, 2012 9:01 by Simon PloskerThe footage of a beige jacketed Palestinian man making a miraculous recovery after appearing to be injured in an Israeli airstrike was broadcast not only on the BBC but also on CNN.
HonestReporting’s video of this sequence has now been viewed over a quarter of a million times on YouTube, helping to expose Pallywood to an audience beyond our regular readership.
The reactions from the BBC and CNN when confronted with the evidence could not have been more different.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper made an on-air statement (Hat tip: Elder of Ziyon):
Anderson Cooper’s statement:
The video we aired came from the news agency Reuters and their feed to us did not include the image of the man standing. We asked Reuters about it today. They say they don’t know the source of the image of that man standing or when that image was shot. They also say they never saw or shot any similar image. The bottom line is that we cannot independently verify when the image of the man standing was taken… whether it was taken before or after.
The other image was taken of the man being dragged away. We obviously will not be using either of these images again. It is not only a traditional military conflict but also one that is being waged in the media as well and our only goal, as always, is to report the truth, the facts on all fronts and that’s why we’ve sent so many of our own reporters and producers into the field.
But what about the BBC? The Guido Fawkes blog published the BBC’s response:
To the best of our knowledge the pictures do not show any kind of ‘staged’ event – and were run in good faith. The footage shown by BBC News was edited from a longer sequence provided by the Reuters news agency in which the man in question is shown being lifted from the ground. He is then given attention at the roadside, before appearing later having recovered.
We ran a shorter edit of those pictures, and would point out that some re-uses of our output by others online have compressed the sequence further. Steps have been taken to ensure any re-broadcast reflects the full sequence so that it is absolutely clear to our audiences.
In response, HonestReporting’s CEO Joe Hyams said:
How is it that Reuters does not know the source of its own footage? It’s completely unacceptable for a supposedly respectable news agency to package unsourced and unverified footage, particularly when the Pallywood phenomenon is a known possibility.
It’s disturbing enough that outside media outlets evidently do not bother to check the footage that is supplied to them by Reuters and other agencies but it is even worse that the BBC cannot bring itself to admit the obvious even when it is staring them in the face.
Muddying the waters by questioning the credibility of HonestReporting and others who republished the sequence of footage is simply a poor attempt to divert responsibility from where it really lies.
While the BBC may be unrepentant, this episode has served to put the media on alert for any further instances of Pallywood staging going on in Gaza.
You can see the footage below if you have not already viewed it.
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Brent Pudsey
11:57 pm
Nov 19, 2012
Reteurs and the BBc have broken protocol and ethics in their field as they have not done journalism but rather relectons of opinions. They have not acted right and have compromised their intergrity as journalists.
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CNN’s Cooper Retracts Video of Palestinian Man Faking Injury (Video) | World Chaos
1:36 am
Nov 20, 2012
[...] Friday’s Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, as noted at HonestReporting.com, host Cooper devoted a one-minute segment to informing viewers that his show on Thursday had used [...]
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You Need to Fight Israel's Second War | Everyday Jewish Living | OU Life
4:31 pm
Nov 20, 2012
[...] for many in the media, the reporting on Israel is neither fair nor balanced (or, worse, accurate at all). Perhaps nobody has been more slanted in their reporting than the New York [...]
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Junkkmale
1:59 pm
Nov 21, 2012
“How is it that Reuters does not know the source of its own footage?”
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Fair question. Maybe worth some in (actual voted-in, by an electorate) power holding… those they compel others to fund… to account for?
Or their uncurious nature on matters of promoting vast heat in propaganda while suppressing light via censorship.
Why is a £4Bpa ‘news’ monolith running source material all the time from others?
Or will it all be FoI excluded in time by a tame judge?
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Case Study on Judeophobia: Esteban Peicovich, el Judeofobo « El Rejunte.il
7:37 pm
Nov 21, 2012
[...] de forma tal de distorsionar la realidad para demonizar una y otra vez a Israel, como en este video donde el “herido” palestino de turno luego aparece levantado, vivito y coleando, y [...]
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Guerra: Chi ama la vita e chi la morte. « Notizie « ADI – Amici di Israele
6:11 pm
Nov 22, 2012
[...] non ha dato spiegazioni alla sua partecipazione a questa straordinaria resurrezione: http://honestreporting.com/update-bbc-and-cnn-react-to-pallywood-video-footage/. Qui invece [...]
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Review of Israel’s Media War | The Conservative Papers
11:52 am
Nov 25, 2012
[...] making for unpleasant viewing, were not as skewed or damaging towards Israel. While footage such as Reuters’ Pallywood scene was aired by both the BBC and CNN, this appeared to be an exception rather than the rule. Having [...]
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Rewarding Islamic Savages — Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami
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Nov 28, 2012
[...] As Honest Reporting highlighted in its top 5 media fails, “The footage of a beige jacketed Palestinian man making a miraculous recovery after appearing to be injured in an Israeli airstrike was broadcast not only on the BBC but also [...]
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Trinity Constantine
10:44 am
Dec 03, 2012
Israel must have a lot of money to be able to pay people to spread this kind of propaganda. It’s kinda obvious and Israel is cringe-worthy.
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JP
10:37 pm
Dec 03, 2012
If the success of propaganda is measured by how much is spent on it, then the Palestinians must be spending BILLIONS!
Get real!
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JP
10:48 pm
Dec 03, 2012
Western journalists are also probably afraid of offending the Palestinian terrorists by publishing the truth about their tactics – especially that of using their OWN people as human shields.
Or are journalists spreading anti-Israel propaganda just for fun?
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Trinity Constantine
1:17 am
Dec 04, 2012
Israel cooked their goose in the latest trail of carnage, so the propaganda machine failed Israel this time, ha ha. One more step towards dismantling the Zionist-Sectarian state of Israel in Palestine. So what’s the Zionist Plan B?
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JP
7:18 pm
Dec 04, 2012
“So what’s the Zionist Plan B?”
My friend, you are on a collision course, not with Israel or Zionism, but with the GOD of Israel – the only true God (which Allah is not, by the way). This is the One who has promised the land to the descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob. If you oppose His Plan (not necessarily the same as that of “Zionists”) which cannot fail, then you will be broken in the end, and lose not only your life but your very soul.
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Trinity Constantine
1:40 am
Dec 05, 2012
Are you telling me that Israel is misusing ancient script in religious babblings to justify the subjugation and genocide of Palestine? Well f*k you and f*k Israel, you raving lunatics have been waging your own Jihad against Palestinians for decades.
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JP
7:23 pm
Dec 04, 2012
Hear what the true and holy God says
(Psalm 2:1-5):
Why have nations gathered and [why do] kingdoms think vain things?
Kings of a land stand up, and nobles take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed?
“Let us break their bands and cast off their cords from us.”
He Who dwells in Heaven laughs; the Lord mocks them.
Then He speaks to them in His wrath; and He frightens them with His sore displeasure.
“But I have enthroned My king on Zion, My holy mount.”
[from: http://www.chabad.org/
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Trinity Constantine
1:41 am
Dec 05, 2012
Only a religious or political nutter would take that bible seriously. Please spare us.
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JP
8:05 pm
Dec 04, 2012
Zechariah 2:11-16 says:
Ho, Zion!…so said the Lord of Hosts: After glory, He sent me to the nations that plunder you, for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye. For, behold! I raise My hand over them, and they shall be prey for those who serve them. And you shall know that the Lord of Hosts sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for, behold! I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord. And many nations shall join the Lord on that day, and they shall be My people; and I will dwell in your midst and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts sent me to you. And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His share on the Holy Land, and He shall again choose Jerusalem…
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Trinity Constantine
1:45 am
Dec 05, 2012
Why use the bible to justify Anasanazi propaganda? genocide? Israel, the Anasanazi capital of the world is about to be destroyed and no amount of lies will save you now.
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JP
12:53 pm
Dec 08, 2012
TC you are a fool. The Bible says so (Psalm 14:1). Why are you so full of hatred against a God whose existence you deny?
This was spoken against a similar fool who once came against Israel and the God of Israel:
Isaiah 37
22. This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and has mocked you. The daughter has shaken her head at you.
23. Whom have you reviled and blasphemed, and upon whom have you raised [your] voice? And you have lifted your eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel.
28. And your sitting and your going out and your coming I know, and your raging against Me.
There is no more to say, so don’t bother.
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
7:06 pm
Dec 15, 2012
nothing but SILLY VAIN AND FUTILE AND FALSE EXCUSES, efforts of EXCUSES, by BBC AND EVEN CNN —
when in SOCCER, their reporters TALK SO WELL against ANY RACISM.
I’m specially “SHADE NOW”, as Norbee of se Angry Beavers says once as Euro-intellectualo-Beaver to Daggy “Dagja”, — SHADE NOW, sad, for the CNN. for AMERICA.
there ARE some good People who thumbed me up, but there is HUGE RABBLE ANTISEMITE CROWD ALSO in THE USA. SADLY. It will be again soldiers fightin against RACISTS, this time. oh yes it will. I can hold it up. But only if you shmucks are nice to me and give me my aenred place among the Speakers. Boom. I am THE anti-hitler. I have charisma. I have hatred. But love conquers all
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Tejano
3:47 pm
Dec 16, 2012
? Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEKUYB31Wgk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my iPad
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Andrew
11:24 am
Jan 01, 2013
I see there are now people here who have decided to hate Israel in print, do they not realize that God will destroy ‘all the enemies of Israel” He also says He will take back His land of Canaan, I see clearly why some people in the west bank choose to become citizens of Israel, there they shall receive true salvation and enter into the household of God as His children, the day is dawning when God shall set all things right, I declare to all “choose this day whom you will serve, as for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord”
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Tejano Chimbo
9:28 pm
Jan 01, 2013
That’s interesting. I didn’t know that, Andrew.
How can you become an Israeli citizen in west bank?
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JP
10:46 pm
Jan 01, 2013
“Choose this day whom you will serve…” was spoken to the people of Israel by Joshua who led them into the Promised Land. Sadly, many of his listeners, or their descendants, turned away from their God and back to idols. But there is another “promised Land” which is spiritual not physical, and another “Joshua” who alone can bring us in.
The challenge is not, “Where will you live?” but “WHO WILL YOU SERVE?” Even those who are true Jewish Israelis have to make that choice. Everyone – both Jew and Gentile – will have to choose in the end whether to serve the true God and Israel’s Messiah, or idols. Being a physical descendant of Abraham is not enough.
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