LGF’s “CNN staged video story” in the Washington Times
Another Middle East war, more faux news
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs, who proved Dan Rather had used faked memos to accuse President Bush of ducking National Guard service, has questions about a report of a Palestinian photojournalist seeing his brother die in a Gaza hospital.
The footage in question, used by CNN and Britain’s Channel 4, centers on freelance videographer Ashraf Mashharawi and his 12-year-old brother, Mahmoud’s last moments after being wounded in an Israeli attack. Two doctors are in the hospital room, one attempting CPR on Mahmoud in a manner that led Mr. Johnson to say “the footage in the hospital room was very likely staged for propaganda effect.”
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