Channel Seven News uses a 2004 Japanese photo in report on Haiti
A Crikey reader writes: Channel Seven news used the National Geographic picture of a 2004 Japan quake as part of their story this evening on Haiti, four hours after Crikey announced that it had nothing to do with Haiti. Their source? “Twitter”. As in the SMH, the Japanese writing visible on the signs in the […]
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A Crikey reader writes:
Channel Seven news used the National Geographic picture of a 2004 Japan quake as part of their story this evening on Haiti, four hours after Crikey announced that it had nothing to do with Haiti. Their source? “Twitter”. As in the SMH, the Japanese writing visible on the signs in the background was conveniently cut off.
The photo appears around 1:19 mark.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IunuklSSdTI[/youtube]
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