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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8I saw that ridiculous story by Cusack last week. And then I noticed something on YouTube a few days later. A 19-second video clip that is very obviously the video that Cusack describes in his article: one tractor, five gardaí, two women shouting as they are being removed. And it very, very obviously is NOT the video of the arrests on the day of the “rape tape”. (I have seen the footage from the “rape tape” day. There is only one woman on top of the tractor and NO gardaí on the tractor. The other woman is at the side of the road, holding the video camera. The woman on the tractor comes down on her own, unassisted.)
Here is the footage Cusack appears to be talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLW_qKZTtc8
It was uploaded by “mayoirelandify” on Jun 20, 2011, one day after Cusack’s story in the Sindo.
What has clearly happened is that a Garda or IRMS security person has a piece of footage from a different action on a different day. They have sent this to Cusack and he believes – or is pretending to believe – that it is the incident on the day of the “rape tape”.
Incidentally, aside from being the wrong incident, I don’t think this clip even shows that the women in this incident shouted “rape”. I have listened to it five times and I can’t make out the word “rape”. The two women are shouting something, but you can’t tell what it is. Speech bubbles have been added to the video, saying “Rape! Rape!” This really is scraping the bottom of the barrel, even by Cusack’s standards.
The tactic of smearing the complainer or the whistle-blower is an old one. Remember that courageous woman Carla Proetta, who gave evidence about the SAS murders of Farrell, Savage and McCann in Gibraltar? Some of the British media tried to make out she was a prostitute in order to cast suspicion on her evidence. Corporations in such as the tobacco and nuclear industries have tried to assassinate the characters of whistleblowers. That seems to be what is happening now to Assange because of the Wikkileaks. For years journalists sitting in British Army briefings in Belfast accepted the stories they were given, such as civilians fired first, were armed, were caught in a crossfire, were shot by their own side, etc.
This constant attack, misrepresentation and coverup by the mass media here seems to me to call for two things:
1. Vigorous but planned resistance to their misrepresentations such as picketing their offices
2. Founding a viable regular alternative media with publishing deadline and wide circulation.
There has been some discussion of late in some small circles about the second of those propositions.
That's weak.
Why does the sound suddenly change about 7 seconds into the piece?
You can't tell what is being said. What is claimed to be the word "rape" could be "Wait", "Ray" or a number of other things. The quality of footage is not good enough.
You can't even tell who's saying it. The woman on her back doesn't even look to be speaking and yet she has a speech bubble near her.
And finally, even it the word "rape" was used in this piece of footage, what does this change about what the Gardai did in the other piece of footage?
Don't know if Cusack is a member of the NUJ but it would be worth entering a complaint if he is. They may possibly hear a complaint even if he's not a member as he appears to be letting the profession down badly. His reporting often seems to rely on unidentified "sources" and unverifiable "facts".
On a quick reckoning, he may have broken up to half the guidelines in the NUJ's code of conduct with regard to this article alone.
Call the NUJ Head Office in Ireland, based out of Spencer House, Spencer Row, Dublin 1.
Ask for Seamus Dooley (head of NUJ here) or Nicola Coleman.
T: 01-8170340.
E: seamusd@nuj.ie
There is also the Press Ombudsman and they're pretty good at getting results. It may take a little paperwork and a few weeks wait, but no editor wants to get a call from the Press Ombudsman. So call them! W: http://www.presscouncil.ie/press-ombudsman-of-ireland.9....html
PS
Calling in the NUJ/PO is worth considering in relation to other journalists/sub-editors who produce biased/unfactual/unfair coverage. Learn the ropes with Cusack. He's a sitting duck.
A courtcase would highlight what the independent are trying to do and could be used as another avenue of protest.
It seems obvious that the video is false so s2s should win.
If successful, the sindo would have to print a retraction of similar size and emphasis to the original article.
Might be very embarrassing for that rat cusack
Possibly the laziest right wing journalist around - Jim Cusack cannot even report the bilge he is fed accurately. Known as 'AK46', such is his capacity for getting things wrong. Sticking up for the force ensures a continuing stream of lamebrain tittle-tattle which can be sold to newspapers (well, some newspapers). Quite lucrative.
When he was in the Irish Times, he and it were constantly apologising for the anti-republican propaganda that was his stock in trade then. Doesn't seem to be such a problem in the Sunday Independent as they seem to be more liberal about things like accuracy.
It's a good title for him! :-D It says a lot very concisely.
I think they meant by "AK46" that he was not only often factually incorrect in his reporting but that he was always going off half cocked and prematurely, and his material was not good enough to be "state of the Art" journalism and yet his material was still a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands.
Complete asshole working for a shitty rag. An enemy of the people.
I'm sick of being betrayed by the media. We have some power here if we could mobilise economically.
What if nobody bought the independent for a week as a protest against it's dodgy reporting?? that would be a great peaceful protest.
What if nobody paid the TV licence for a year? they can't arrest us all? Lets do this
If Cusack is wrong on this and the Sindo have not published the apology requested, there should be a weekly picket on their Head Office in Talbot Street.
That is the very least could be done by the Shell to Sea campaigners. You will get a lot of support for protesting at the lies being printed by the infamous organ which has never been deterred from pushing back progress and denigrating 'ordinary' people while at the same time holding itself out as a people's tribune of truth and light.