CNN Adds Video of Riots in Budapest to Report of Riots in Belgrad

Apparently, CNN decided that they didn't have enough video of rioting in their recent story on unrest in Belgrade, Serbia, so they decided to add in footage of rioting in Budapest to sexy up the story. I have to say, if the Kosovars intend to make the cut with CNN in the future, they'd better start rioting to the satisfaction of CNN's video editors. Either that, or CNN can start showing us all some truthful video with their stories. Whatever the case, CNN's misstep doesn’t just make them look bad, it makes all Americans look bad.

On July 30, CNN aired a report in their international news titled "Serb Ultranationalists Rally" in which footage of riots in two different cities and two different countries were edited together to represent the unrest in Kosovo. Serbian TV was a bit mystified by this embellishment, and rightfully so. RTS asserted that since CNN didn't have violent enough footage for their riots story, they "resorted to their favorite Hollywood trick" of "montaging and pasting together the sequences from Budapest and Belgrade protests" to accompany the story. (See foreign language report from Serbian RTS TV)

Naturally, since the original airing and posting on the Internet, and since people began to ridicule CNN for the melding of video of riots in different countries, CNN has removed the video without comment. Making matters worse, many now see a conspiracy where they originally just saw incompetence. A screen shot of the original CNN page clearly shows a snapshot of the video compilation.

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And show us a passage of time,
We’re gonna need a montage (montage)
Oh it takes a montage (montage)

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Oh it takes a montage (montage)

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If you fade out, it seem like more time
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But I wound up here
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Kick ‘em when they’re down
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Kick ‘em when they’re down

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Kick ‘em when they’re down
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Bleached blonde
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Is the head dead yet
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[Instrumental Interlude]

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You don’t really want to know
Just how far it’s gone
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Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down

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Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re stiff
Kick ‘em all around

(Kick ‘em when they’re up)
(Kick ‘em when they’re down)
(Kick ‘em when they’re up)
(Kick ‘em when they’re down)

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(Kick ‘em when they’re down)
(Kick ‘em when they’re stiff)
(Kick ‘em all around)

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers
In everybody’s pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

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We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done
We haven’t told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry

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