Anti-War Protestors Turn Fire On Auntie

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Please, forward this PRESS RELEASE to any newspaper, magazine, radio
station, TV channels and media outlet you can think of.
Also, forward it to any peace and anti war group you know.

Thank you!

In solidarity,
Gabriele Zamparini

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***PRESS RELEASE***

Anti-War Protestors Turn Fire On Auntie.

In a sign of growing sophistication, anti-war activists are taking their
battle to the doors of the BBC. In what they describe as 'A Call For
Light', a broad coalition of activist groups have organised a vigil outside
the BBC's Bush House in Aldwych, London at 5.30pm on December 2nd. Their
aim is to publicise what they describe as biased and unbalanced coverage by
the national broadcaster.

In its short life, 'A Call For Light' has certainly attracted some high
profile support. The film director, Ken Loach, commends the organisers for
highlighting "the distortion of language by the media" and their protest
has also been endorsed by the Stop the War Coalition, Naomi Klein, Harold
Pinter, and the journalist, John Pilger. The event even has the backing of
two Iraqi groups: the Union of Unemployed and Iraqi Democrats Against the
Occupation.

"The turning point for me was Fallujah," says organiser Antony Wright,
'every day friends and colleagues would email me reports from the Red Cross
and journalists actually in Fallujah - then I would turn on the BBC news
and be astonished. The reports of gas, napalm, trapped civilians, young
teenagers targeted as combatants and the utter destruction were absent."

The evening's event may be a sign of things to come, as protest groups
increasingly question the role of media. The question is, now that the BBC
is becoming part of the story will viewers have to turn to SKY or ITV to
find out about it?


NOTE TO NEWSROOM: two articles that outline examples of BBC bias can be
found at <http://medialens.org>http://medialens.org

CONTACTS:

Gabriele Zamparini
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7820 8534
Mobile +44 (0) 7799 436 921

or

Antony Wright
Mobile +44 (0) 7981760980

Website: <http://www.acallforlight.org>http://www.acallforlight.org
e-mail: acallforlight at mail.com

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