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Channel 4 News on Sri Lanka- 25th August 2009 at 7.00pm
This complaint is in reference to the news reportage by you on Sri Lanka on 25th August 2009, at 7.00pm, where you have telecast a video footage narrated by your foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller purporting to portray a Sri Lankan soldier from the Sinhalese community shooting naked men whose arms were bound behind their backs. The victims were purported to be Tamil civilians and he reported it as alleged incident of the Sri Lanka military forces executing Tamils.
That unauthenticated video footage is said to have been filmed in January 2009 and was apparently received on the day before the telecast by your News Room. It has been given to you by the so called Journalists For Democracy -an anti Sri Lankan Government organisation which makes the truth of these allegations questionable due to the previous fake accusations orchestrated by them. Therefore we believe this unauthenticated information carries the risk of broadcasting doctored propaganda.
This is another attempt by Tamil Tiger front organizations and other anti-Sri Lankan government elements whose prime objective is to discredit the government of Sri Lanka in the post conflict development phase of the country. This whole issue is unacceptable to the Sri Lankan community. It is also a deliberate and sinister attempt to prevent the reconciliation process that is taking place now to heal the wounds of the past and to rebuild the country in order to move on to the future.
More over, when the Sri Lankan expatriate community in the UK is also attempting to bring all the communities together by healing the wounds of the war, it is regrettable that you decided to broadcast this alleged incident.
When unbiased, balanced, professional reportage should be the norm, you have failed the viewers. We the Sri Lankan expatriates in the UK demand that you make a public apology or authenticate the video footage. We also sincerely hope that Channel 4 news would be unbiased, balanced, objective as well as professional in its reporting on Sri Lanka in the future.
Thank you very much
Yours sincerely
Janaka Alahapperuma
British Sri Lankan Forum (BSLF)
slforum.uk@googlemail.com
This complaint is in reference to the news reportage by you on Sri Lanka on 25th August 2009, at 7.00pm, where you have telecast a video footage narrated by your foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller purporting to portray a Sri Lankan soldier from the Sinhalese community shooting naked men whose arms were bound behind their backs. The victims were purported to be Tamil civilians and he reported it as alleged incident of the Sri Lanka military forces executing Tamils.
That unauthenticated video footage is said to have been filmed in January 2009 and was apparently received on the day before the telecast by your News Room. It has been given to you by the so called Journalists For Democracy -an anti Sri Lankan Government organisation which makes the truth of these allegations questionable due to the previous fake accusations orchestrated by them. Therefore we believe this unauthenticated information carries the risk of broadcasting doctored propaganda.
This is another attempt by Tamil Tiger front organizations and other anti-Sri Lankan government elements whose prime objective is to discredit the government of Sri Lanka in the post conflict development phase of the country. This whole issue is unacceptable to the Sri Lankan community. It is also a deliberate and sinister attempt to prevent the reconciliation process that is taking place now to heal the wounds of the past and to rebuild the country in order to move on to the future.
More over, when the Sri Lankan expatriate community in the UK is also attempting to bring all the communities together by healing the wounds of the war, it is regrettable that you decided to broadcast this alleged incident.
When unbiased, balanced, professional reportage should be the norm, you have failed the viewers. We the Sri Lankan expatriates in the UK demand that you make a public apology or authenticate the video footage. We also sincerely hope that Channel 4 news would be unbiased, balanced, objective as well as professional in its reporting on Sri Lanka in the future.
Thank you very much
Yours sincerely
Janaka Alahapperuma
British Sri Lankan Forum (BSLF)
slforum.uk@googlemail.com
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Janaka Alahapperuma
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srilal dias
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- this is definetly a fake incidnt channel 4-prove authenticity of the video.
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Harsha
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- Why UK support terrorists activities
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Dinuka Kodikara
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Bandula
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Sisira Chandra
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- condemned
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Kamal Perera
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Ajith Jayaweera
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Siva
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- fake video clip
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Upul Weerasinghe
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rohana
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Bodipala Wijeyesinghe
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- Lets see who is right
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NISHI WEERARATNE
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sohan reginald
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karen almeda
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Indra Perera
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- War is over and let all Sri Lankans live with harmony in their own island.
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sarath chandrasekara
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Rohan Jayasena
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- Please report unbiased news.
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Sandali Jayasena
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- Why carry on a war that has already ended?
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Nandana Jayarathna
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Moonesinghe
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Thusitha
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Priyantha
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- Channel 4 Pls grow up & be professional
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lalani weerasingham
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Nicholas Wahalatantri
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Ven.W.Kassapa
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- Name of freedom, channel 4 showing their naked image without any proof.
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Rajitha Gunasekera
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Saman Udagedara
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Maya De Alwis
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pol sambola
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- Never thought Channel four could be this bankrupt. So come out and accept the challenge if you can.
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Dr. Upasiri de Silva
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- Ch 4 should have checked the authencity of this video before screening it as they have already broadcast false propaganda video about Sri Lanka and appologised to the Sri lankan government.
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Swarna De Silva
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d pitigala
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shanthi
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- THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.
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abeyagoonawardena
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- You got it all wrong again!!! No wonder less and less people watch Ch4
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Sureshka Rajapakse
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Prasanna
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Anura Dharmarathna
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- Don't damage good reputation of Sri Lanka pease
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S M N Jayasundera
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Sonal Jayasena
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asoka weerasinghe
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K. Pererra
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v perere
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Milly
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- fight against media terrorism
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RENU
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- Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries. and Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
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Gamini Dayaratne
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- Channel 4 'Tigers' to be cornered next.
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N C K Patabendi
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Ranmali Mendis
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suja
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- MAke it right channel 4
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Wimal Perera
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