As someone who has a pronounced dislike of propaganda and
misinformation, I have been following the recent events surrounding
Tibet, quite carefully.
By reading the news stories from both the Chinese and the Western point
of view, one can see the large difference in opinions.
I was interested today, to read on Xinhua, the Chinese State news
agency, that the BBC had been accused of displaying an image of a
ambulance with a caption stating that "There is a heavy military
presence in Lhasa".[1]
Interested that it was citing a BBC article, I did a quick search to
find the original article and accompanying photo [2]. The caption of the
photo on the BBC page instead says "There have been many reports of
injuries and deaths in Lhasa".
Intrigued by the differences that the articles show, I looked at the
last updated text in both the Xinhua screenshot and the BBC article.
They show exactly the same time and date.
From this I would infer that the Xinhua screenshot has been doctored,
however, in order to give them the benefit of the doubt:
Does anyone BBC-side (or otherwise) have any idea about whether one can
change one of these image captions in the live content without updating
the "last updated" tag.
If you think there are other explanations or can expand on anything I
have said, feel free to.
I would not be *surprised* to see doctored screenshot, however I would
be interested about it's context and effect.
I would also be interested if the BBC had silently changed the caption
to this image in question.
[1] http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/23/content_7841316.htm
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7300312.stm
Tim
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