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G8 Media Planning to Hype Violence (short info report) Fox TV + Dailies

junior cub | 25.06.2005 09:10 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Indymedia | Repression

Not that this will come as a shock to anyone who knows the priority of some media corporations. However it's worth noting the following:


Photo agencies have recently been getting large numbers of requests from national daily newspapers for library photos that show 'violent anarchists' or 'violent protestors'. Expect a glutch of lurid propaganda stories in the coming week, including some more 'infiltration' style nonsense pieces.

Meanwhile TV networks have been busy looking for camera locations to film the protests from. In Edinburgh, representatives from Fox TV News have been looking for camera locations around Princes Street, and are said to be more interested in filming 'the violence of protestors' than in covering the issues.

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  1. Par for the Course. — Doug.
  2. TEE HEE — CLOWNER
  3. Nothing new there — JD
  4. violence — phatster

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