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Egypt seizes al-Jazeera reporter
BBC News ^
| Sunday, 14 January 2007
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Posted on 01/14/2007 5:54:35 AM PST by edpc
A journalist working for Arabic TV news channel al-Jazeera has been arrested in Egypt for allegedly fabricating videos of police torturing suspects. Huweida Taha Metwalli was stopped on her way to Qatar and 50 video tapes were found in her luggage, the Egyptian interior ministry said.
She is reportedly charged with "tarnishing Egypt's reputation and harming Egyptian national interests".
Al-Jazeera said the tapes showed a "documentary reconstruction" by actors.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aljazeera; arabic; bleedingheartattack; corruption; documentary; documyths; egypt; enemedia; fabrication; fake; fakebutaccurate; fakery; fraud; g80; huweidametwalli; huweidatahametwalli; journalism; media; metwalli; msm; oldmedia; qatar; tvnews
All the news that's fit to invent.
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posted on
01/14/2007 5:54:37 AM PST
by
edpc
To: edpc
Al Jazeera or AP they both it up as they go along.
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posted on
01/14/2007 6:02:09 AM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(Peace through strength.)
To: edpc
a "documentary reconstruction" by actors
Too funny, sounds Dan Ratherish.
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posted on
01/14/2007 6:03:43 AM PST
by
stockpirate
(John Kerry & FBI files ==> http://www.freerepublic.com/~stockpirate/)
To: stockpirate
To: edpc
When will the cBS staff be arrested?
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posted on
01/14/2007 6:09:27 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: Milhous; Liz
Al Jazeera? Fabricating news? I'm absolutely shocked! /s
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posted on
01/14/2007 8:13:20 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Grampa Dave; onyx
Next thing you know, Reuters will start publishing fake photos...
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posted on
01/14/2007 8:14:32 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: potlatch; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Nothing New Here - Move Along.
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posted on
01/14/2007 8:16:19 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Mo1; kcvl
The Al-Jazeera bureau chief in Egypt, Hussein Abdel-Ghani, said the footage was "reconstruction" which Matwali intended to use in a documentary film about torture in Egypt.
Reconstructing scenes with actors "is a well-known method in the production of documentaries, and Al-Jazeera is not the only network to talk about torture," Abdel-Ghani said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070114/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_journalist_detained
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posted on
01/14/2007 8:19:36 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: A Citizen Reporter; proud_yank
Egyptian authorities on Saturday detained an Al-Jazeera journalist for fabricating scenes of torture staged inside mock Egyptian police stations, but the pan-Arab network said the footage was created with actors for a documentary film.
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posted on
01/14/2007 8:25:20 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I am so naive. I thought if you used actors it wouldn't be a documentary.
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posted on
01/14/2007 11:25:06 AM PST
by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
To: edpc
Good. Now it is necessary to lop off the feet which carried the scoundrel around, the hands which did evil and the tongue which spoke lies. The rest of that journalist can go.
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posted on
01/14/2007 6:36:09 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: george76
Shocking, it is truly shocking.
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posted on
01/15/2007 5:29:23 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
To: gcruse
I once had a DUmmie reporter ask if I could prove that there was a bias in newspapers. 'He knew of none.'
After I was done laughing...
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posted on
01/15/2007 8:08:15 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Grampa Dave
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posted on
01/15/2007 8:13:46 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Bulletin! Bulletin! Below is a mix of FAUXLEBANONNEWS and FAUXTOGRAPHY: The disturbing make believe photos from this disturbing make believe event are shown below. Dont allow children under the age of 30 to view this horror caused by Israel. Of course, this is Bush's fault.
No Problem! Here comes your Bomb!
1) Man arrives with suitcase full of American toys and dismantles doll in pink dress.
2) Man carries dismantled doll, minnie mouse and teletubbie for placing in position.
3) Fauxtographers take pictures when props are in position.
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posted on
01/15/2007 10:14:51 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
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