Which makes this all the more interesting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/25/digitalmedia.chinathemedia
On 25/03/2008, Matthew Somerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim Dobson wrote: > > 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] > > The BBC did indeed show that; here's Google's cache of the page: > > http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:qH6sdYFO4PoJ:news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7300312.stm > (with an earlier timestamp of 12:48 GMT). > > The alternate text on the image is still "Chinese military check an > ambulance", presumably from the people who took the photo, and whether > that's what's happening or what Xinhua say is happening, who knows. > > I can't explain the same timestamp issue, but I do believe (I can't find > the > reference now, but I remember reading it) that BBC News can update the > content without changing the "last updated" tag if it's marked as a minor > change in their CMS or similar. > > ATB, > Matthew > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
