July 12, 2007
Lies, damned lies, and edits
The BBC has apologised to the Queen for wrongly implying she walked out of a portrait session with photographer Annie Leibovitz during a documentary.Reversed, in fact.A trailer for the programme, unveiled on Wednesday, showed the Queen in an exchange with Leibovitz, followed by a clip of her apparently walking off.
The BBC said in a statement: "This was not the case and the actual sequence of events was misrepresented."
This sort of misrepresentation through selective editing is all too easy and all too common, with corrections -- if they come -- usually buried where they can do little to undo the impact of the original broadcast or publication. The BBC's coverage in this instance is a welcome exception, but one wonders if one has to be a royal to get this sort of clarification.
Posted by David on July 12, 2007 11:21 AM
I pose the same question of needing to be Royal before action is taken to secure a known dwelling or museum targeted by high value art thieves.
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Posted by: Art Hostage on July 12, 2007 1:45 PM
I suspect it's not enough to be royal, you probably actually have to be monarch.
Posted by: dearieme on July 12, 2007 4:36 PM
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