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TV boss 'irresponsible' says Pilger
And he said Mr Green, who had seen the film, made by Carlton TV, before it went out, made no comment about it before transmission. "What this fuss is about is that my film dared to tell, accurately and fairly, a basic truth that is routinely suppressed, that a great injustice has been done to the Palestinians and until Israel's illegal and brutal occupation of their lands ends, there will be no peace for both peoples," Pilger told MediaGuardian.co.uk. "Just to say this is to break a taboo, especially on television, where the unerring line is that the 'Israeli/Palestinian conflict' is all about the equivalence of two warring factions. Pilger said this line was "completely false". He added that the media also never mentioned Israel's "systematic ethnic cleansing of 1948 and since" or that the country "holds the world record for flouting UN resolutions". Mr Green has disowned the film and branded it "one-sided" and "totally unrealistic" in an interview with the Jewish Chronicle today. But Pilger said: "His behaviour is irresponsible and a disgrace, because it threatens the work of others who might now think twice before embarking on a film about a people who are denied a voice." The journalist who was also hit the headlines for films on Cambodia and East Timor, has accumulated a formidable reputation over the years as a polemical journalist on TV and in print. He rebuffed accusations that the film was historically inaccurate. "Factually the film went through an exhaustive process of checking and re-checking," Pilger said. "Our historical adviser was one of Israel's most distinguished historians. Our lawyer - Jewish, for what it's worth - combed the film to ensure that it would comply with the fairness regulations in the UK Broadcasting Act. "Michael Green's accusation that the film is historically inaccurate is refuted in a statement by the Carlton director of factual programmes [Richard Clemmow] who says Carlton stands by John Pilger's programme and its accuracy," he added. "Green had no part in the editorial process. He saw the film before it went to air and made no comment."
20.09.2002: TV chief attacks 'one-sided' Palestinian documentary 20.09.2002: Full article in Jewish Chronicle
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