Al Jazeera: Fairer Than the L.A. Times
Earlier, I reported that the L.A. Times edited out information about a satellite recording which proved that the car bearing Giuliana Sgrena was speeding towards a U.S. checkpoint, just as the U.S. had always maintained.
It turns out that even Al Jazeera has reported about the satellite footage:
The CBS television network reported yesterday that satellite data had shown the car had been travelling at about 60mph.
When Al Jazeera is giving you a more complete picture than your own hometown paper, you know you’re in trouble.
UPDATE: Eugene Volokh notes that the Islamic Republic News Agency (the official news agency of Iran) has also reported on the satellite recording.
News Flash! Sgrena lied!
Well, not really much of a revelation for those who followed this story, but
Trackback by Media Lies (11ee8e) — 4/30/2005 @ 11:06 pm
If you saw ‘control room’ you wouldn’tbe surprised that al-jazeera gives complete records.
Comment by actus (0f2616) — 5/1/2005 @ 7:57 am
This may be another one of those news media circle-jerks where they are all reporting rumors others are reporting, on stuff originating at CBS. It may be prudent to hold off reporting on this until a second (or first) source can be obtained.
Comment by Ladainian (91b3b2) — 5/1/2005 @ 8:01 am
Actus, I saw Control Room.
Ladainian, you may be right. Who knows? Do you think that is their justification?
Comment by Patterico (756436) — 5/1/2005 @ 8:43 am
“Actus, I saw Control Room.”
my favorite part was:
AMERICAN REPORTERS: “They freed jessica lynch”
AL-JAZEERA REPORTERS: “Who? What?”
Comment by actus (0f2616) — 5/1/2005 @ 9:33 am
So I guess bad weather was behind the Italian decision to bail on the copter and take a convoy instead. If it was still cloudy or foggy at the time of the
slayingshooting, no satellite picture would be available — only vehicles with those trick transponders would show up on maps. I really can’t tell what that newly released report says about this.Comment by Ladainian (91b3b2) — 5/1/2005 @ 12:08 pm
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