Staged media footage topic.

[rejenorst]

There's a lot of bull**** that flies around the media, I am often curious about people who the media uses so that it can claim to have an insider in a particular area where the story is either blown out of proportion or completely fraudulent. I saw one such video exposing one of CNN's reporters who claimed to be reporting from Israel during the first Iraq war when in fact he was infront of a blue screen.

If you find any such vids please post them as I am interested in seeing them.

This is one video that tries to expose some twat who claims he is speaking for Syrians and reporting from Syria when he is probably elsewhere:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p-DCZxsrt9I

 

[Mage246]

Seems like more propaganda.

I mean really, what is this trying to prove? Some overzealous guy with a craving for attention fakes a news story and tricks CNN? It happens. Unless you're trying to prove that all (or even just a significant portion of) coverage is fake (which is going to require a hell of alot more evidence), I'm not seeing the point.

 

[rejenorst]

Did you read the OP?

I am interested in this topic because I'd like to know when someone is BS me especially in regards to foreign current events (I watch a lot of news and appreciate heads up when some twat is making things up). That same guy has been doing an interview tour from the BBC to various Arab networks with different stories that end up contradicting. I don't expect the media to generally admit that they got it wrong so its usually up to third parties to point it out.

Do you see the point now? And please don't come at me with some bs anti conspiracy bull****. Like you said it happens and when it does I'd like to know about it.

 

[Kleidophoros]

ITV uses ARMA 2 footage in a documentary about IRA and Libya.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15082177

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awl6zEwgwvM Starts at 0:36 original stuff at 1:10

 

[Tuckles]

Like this?

Fox News editing the audience as clapping when in reality they were booing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfodEbu_b4


This was posted here I think. Or Reddit, **** if I can care anymore.

 

[Mage246]

If you want standards and accountability, try print journalism (as in, has a respected offline version). If a story is faked or they get the facts wrong, they'll gewnerally print a retraction. News channels these days are just one step above rumor-mongering websites, with their over-reliance on amateur reporting, pundits, etc.

Which is still no excuse to treat some of these rumor websites as a legitimate source for news, though. It is still half a step abopve those sites... The difference sadly seems to be decreasing though.

 

[Archonsod]

I saw one such video exposing one of CNN's reporters who claimed to be reporting from Israel during the first Iraq war when in fact he was infront of a blue screen.

They usually do that to protect the identity of the people who are actually doing the reporting. Tends to avoid things like them catching a sudden case of assassination.

 

[rejenorst]

Well this was the footage I was referring to about the first Iraq war:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LvNIUHgnGk

He wasn't claiming to be in Israel though (was claiming to be in Saudi Arabia).

If you want standards and accountability, try print journalism (as in, has a respected offline version). If a story is faked or they get the facts wrong, they'll gewnerally print a retraction. News channels these days are just one step above rumor-mongering websites, with their over-reliance on amateur reporting, pundits, etc.

Which is still no excuse to treat some of these rumor websites as a legitimate source for news, though. It is still half a step abopve those sites... The difference sadly seems to be decreasing though.

Yeah that's a good point.

 

[Dodes]

these videos really attract 9/11 conspiratists like moths to the flame 

 

[rejenorst]

And money attracts pricks but we all use it anyway. Is it better to ignore something just because you don't like the people it may attract? There is a difference or perhaps a fine line between exposing something caught on video and delving into conspiracy theories based on perceptions of indirect evidence.