September 20, 2007 12:01 AM, Pajamas Media

Real or staged?

PJM Paris: Many have accused the photo of young Mohammed Al Dura’s father shielding him from Israeli bullets of being a fake, but the original videotape from which that photo was drawn has been hidden from view by France 2. Yesterday a French judge finally ordered the channel to produce it. PJM’s Nidra Poller was one of the only journalists to witness that stunning turning point.

by Nidra Poller

Maître Bénédicte Amblard, representing Charles Enderlin and France 2 in their libel suit against Philippe

Karsenty (Media Ratings) dropped her pencil and lost her composure when presiding judge Laurence Trébucq, overriding the opinion of the Avocat Général, firmly demanded handover of the 27-minute unedited film shot by Talal Abu Rahmeh at Netzarim Junction in the Gaza Strip on September 30, 2000. The Maginot Line of France 2 collapsed next and there. From here on in, anything is possible. CONTINUE

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Original post by Jerry Gordon