Tibet: Fake Videotape used by CNN Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:37:39 -0500 (CDT) http://tinyurl.com/6dbkvf ________________________________________ Western Media Fabrications regarding the Tibet Riots Fake Videotape used by CNN By Michel Chossudovsky URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8697 Global Research, April 16, 2008 On the day of the Lhasa Riots (March 14, 2008), there is evidence of media fabrication by CNN. The videotape presented by CNN in its News Report on the 14th of March (1.00pm EST) was manipulated. VIDEO: Tibet monks protest against Chinese rulers (CNN, March 14, 2008) The report presented by CNN's Beijing Correspondent John Vause focussed on the Tibet protests in Gansu province and in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. What was shown, however, was a videotape of the Tibet protest movement in India. Viewers were led to believe that the protests were in China and that the Indian police shown in the videotape were Chinese cops. At the outset of the report, a few still pictures were presented followed by a videotape showing police repressing and arresting demonstrators in what appeared to be a peaceful protest: