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Post subject: ITV admits to death scenes error
 Posted: Aug 01, 2007 - 03:02 PM
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ITV has admitted that an Alzheimer's patient who was shown apparently "passing away" in a documentary's final scenes actually died three days later. Publicity for the ITV1 programme, to be shown on 8 August, claimed it showed the final moments of Malcolm Pointon, 66, a composer from Cambridgeshire. ITV now says the footage was of Mr Pointon slipping into unconsciousness. It said it had issued a correction after film maker Paul Watson alerted them, and an inquiry was under way.
In a statement, ITV said it wanted to establish the sequence of events that had led to the error. It said it had made the clarification about the footage a day after Mr Watson called with his concerns.
In moving scenes, Malcolm is surrounded by his family and Barbara strokes his head as he passes away .The statement continued: "When ITV did establish, later that day, that the death was indeed some days after the end of the film, we immediately agreed with Paul that a clarification needed to be made.
Should " real Death scenes" be shown..?. Do T.V programmes have a responsibilty to show the truth, or should they be allowed some"artistic licence"..?
thoughts?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6925364.stm |
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Posted: Aug 01, 2007 - 05:16 PM
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A documentary should tell the truth, otherwise it is not a documentary.
The further you stray from it the closer you get to being Michael Moore.
Altering of the facts is not truth.
I don't have a problem with seeing death scenes, as long as they serve the project and are not used for sensational purposes. |
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