2012-06-14 12:03:01(Beijing Time) SINA.com
That's CNN: US 'footage' of Moscow unbelievably outrageous
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Summer snow, winter palms in Moscow, Really?? - How can you conjure up a picture of Moscow?
But, that’s the CNN coverage of Moscow’s street rally. This summer in Moscow has not been very hot.
The temperature has hardly risen over + 22 Celsius degrees. Besides, it has often rained.
But there definitely hasn’t been any snow in Moscow this summer, and it is obviously not cold enough
for anyone to put on a fur hat.
However, if you watch what the CNN has recently passed for a footage of mass rallies in Moscow which
were apparently held on June 12, you will see the streets in the footage covered with snow and
people wearing warm coats and fur hats.
Still, the CNN appears to think that their audiences still believe in old stereotypes. It seems odd that in
their “objective” coverage of the Moscow rallies, they didn’t show footage of polar bears walking around
the Red Square.
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Or, maybe, US TV companies simply like hiring employees who are so poor at geography that they don’t
know where Moscow actually is. One can imagine so, because snow in the summer is not the only blunder
American journalists have made in their “coverage” of Moscow protests.
In December 2011, another US TV company, Fox News, broadcast footage which purported to show public
protests in Moscow. In that video, “Moscow” appeared to be on fire, and people were throwing stones and
Molotov cocktails at police vehicles. In the background, palm trees could be seen, although this type of trees
is far from typical for Moscow’s climate. However, Greek flags, which can also be seen in the background, left
no doubts as to where these “Moscow” scenes were really shot.
It is highly unlikely that none of the bosses or employees of either CNN or Fox News was aware that neither
summer snow nor palm trees are typical for Moscow. Both pieces of “footage” were mere fabrications.
The one with palm trees in the background was shot in Athens during a protest which took place there in
December 2011. The one with snow was indeed shot during a rally in Moscow, but obviously not on June 12.
That's CNN: US 'footage' of Moscow unbelievably outrageous
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Summer snow, winter palms in Moscow, Really?? - How can you conjure up a picture of Moscow?
But, that’s the CNN coverage of Moscow’s street rally. This summer in Moscow has not been very hot.
The temperature has hardly risen over + 22 Celsius degrees. Besides, it has often rained.
But there definitely hasn’t been any snow in Moscow this summer, and it is obviously not cold enough
for anyone to put on a fur hat.
However, if you watch what the CNN has recently passed for a footage of mass rallies in Moscow which
were apparently held on June 12, you will see the streets in the footage covered with snow and
people wearing warm coats and fur hats.
Still, the CNN appears to think that their audiences still believe in old stereotypes. It seems odd that in
their “objective” coverage of the Moscow rallies, they didn’t show footage of polar bears walking around
the Red Square.
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Or, maybe, US TV companies simply like hiring employees who are so poor at geography that they don’t
know where Moscow actually is. One can imagine so, because snow in the summer is not the only blunder
American journalists have made in their “coverage” of Moscow protests.
In December 2011, another US TV company, Fox News, broadcast footage which purported to show public
protests in Moscow. In that video, “Moscow” appeared to be on fire, and people were throwing stones and
Molotov cocktails at police vehicles. In the background, palm trees could be seen, although this type of trees
is far from typical for Moscow’s climate. However, Greek flags, which can also be seen in the background, left
no doubts as to where these “Moscow” scenes were really shot.
It is highly unlikely that none of the bosses or employees of either CNN or Fox News was aware that neither
summer snow nor palm trees are typical for Moscow. Both pieces of “footage” were mere fabrications.
The one with palm trees in the background was shot in Athens during a protest which took place there in
December 2011. The one with snow was indeed shot during a rally in Moscow, but obviously not on June 12.
