[Cc-webedit] [mediateam] Re: "Injured" policeman peice

Tue Nov 17 19:53:23 GMT 2009

hello - i think a pre cop blog is a good idea. we have a press release that is vaguely ready for when paul piece does come to light...sophia was in touch with him and he had said last week...sophia - would you be able to follow up again? and then we can have a blog piece that updates the information to go with the guardian piece and the press release that is on crab grass for those of you that want to input...

> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:04:04 +0000
> From: edr22 at cam.ac.uk
> To: j at jonathanleighton.com
> CC: cc-webedit at lists.aktivix.org; mediateam at lists.riseup.net; jjjstevenson at fastmail.fm; muppet317 at hotmail.com; letyourlifesing at riseup.net
> Subject: Re: [mediateam] Re: [Cc-webedit] "Injured" policeman peice
> 
> I agree that we should update the information with a new blog asap.
> 
> but first of all we need to find out if paul lewis is going to run the
> story, and when.
> 
> If he is not, then we can create the story ourselves by issuing a
> press release to all major media outlets, writing a blog etc. with
> footage edited like the Emily James video post-G20, forcing the press
> to use a film that shows a more complete story of the swoop than just
> that incident - I think it would get pick-up without him if we do have
> the hard evidence (does Paul Lewis have more info than us???)
> 
> If he is going to run it, then we should probably hold off (depending
> on the length of time until he releases the story), as I think he will
> write a strong piece and there is more chance of it gaining currency
> with it already printed in the guardian.
> 
> Time-wise though, I think a pre-copenhagen release of this story is
> desirable, with or without paul lewis - the G20 expose happened very
> rapidly after the G20 and I think post-copenhagen it will lose any
> momentum it still has.
> 
> Can anyone get in contact with him?
> 
> Elly
> 
> 2009/11/17 Jon Leighton <j at jonathanleighton.com>:
> > I have moderately strong reservations about taking it down. It means we
> > are doing exactly the same propaganda tricks that the MET were recently
> > accused of when they issued an instruction that none of their
> > publications could included pictures of officers without ID numbers
> > showing. I also don't think that it's in the spirit of a blog, in that
> > blog posts are written at a given time based on the information
> > available at that time.
> >
> > Ideally, we would update the blog post with new information. I know
> > there is sensitivity about not ruining the Guardian story, but can
> > anyone think of a way around that for now? (Maybe "It has become clear
> > that this claim was falsified. A press release will be issued soon, when
> > we have all the information available.")
> >
> > I've copied in the media list as this is relevant to them.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 12:51 +0000, letyourlifesing at riseup.net wrote:
> >> I second taking this down. He didn't have a head injury, his collapse was
> >> fuck all to do with us. Paul (from Guardian) submitted his article for
> >> publication over a week ago and it's yet to come out.
> >>
> >> > I agree with taking this down, and replacing it with something new once
> >> > we've got it.
> >> >
> >> > I think there was going to be an article in the Guardian about how the
> >> > police had to admit it was all bollocks, and until that's published we
> >> > can't say anything as they extracted it from the police, but I think it
> >> > might have been pulled or at least deferred. Copying in Sophia.
> >> >
> >> > Also Murray did a complaint to the BBC and I'm not sure where that got.
> >> > Again maybe there's nothing to post until we've got a result.
> >> >
> >> > J
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ed Lloyd-Davies wrote:
> >> >> Hi All,
> >> >>
> >> >> I think it is pretty silly that we still have the whole "injured"
> >> >> policeman reaction thing at the bottom of the front page when we
> >> >> even have video of him collapse with heat exhastion (with clearly
> >> >> no head injury) and his colleagues pouring water over his head to
> >> >> cool him down. The media has convienently forgotten about this
> >> >> (given that parroting baseless police lies doesn't make them look
> >> >> good) which leaves us as the only people who are parroting those
> >> >> lies, which seems a bit weird. I think the post should be removed.
> >> >> It someone has time to write something to replace it about what
> >> >> actually happened so much the better.
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >>
> >> >> Ed
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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