10月15日凌晨,香港民主示威者与警方发生了剧烈冲突,港警被拍到对着高举双手毫无抵抗的年轻人喷胡椒水,更有视频显示数名警员疑将示威者拖到暗处进行殴打。
当日,中国大陆官媒及各门户网站均高调转载了一篇中新社的通稿,称香港占中者围攻在现场的新闻记者,并“强迫记者删除现场拍摄的影像”:
14日晚间,约400多名“占领中环”非法集会者聚集在金钟龙和道,随后冲入龙和道隧道,搬运胶质图板和警察备用的铁马,并就地挖取附近的水泥渠盖,搭设起新的路障。
这些非法集会者还围攻现场采访的新闻记者,强迫记者删除现场拍摄的影像。
然而事实真的是这样吗?
先来看新浪新闻转发上述通稿时的配图:
经过数字时代编辑的搜索,发现原始图片刊登在在 Huffington Post(赫芬顿邮报)网站上,为法新社所摄。原始配文与新浪截然不同:
A cameraman is attended after getting pepper sprayed by police forces outside the central government offices in Hong Kong on October 15, 2014. Hong Kong police vowed on October 14 to tear down more street barricades manned by pro-democracy protesters, hours after hundreds of officers armed with chainsaws and boltcutters partially cleared two major roads occupied for a fortnight. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty
(大意:一位摄像师被警察喷了胡椒水后正在受到旁人的照顾)
下图显示了同一位摄影师正在用水冲脸的画面:
A pro-democracy protester wipes his face with water after being hit with pepper spray in Hong Kong on October 15, 2014. Hong Kong has been plunged into the worst political crisis since its 1997 handover as pro-democracy activists take over the streets following China’s refusal to grant citizens full universal suffrage. AFP PHOTO / ALEX OGLE (Photo credit should read Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images)
同时,这位不幸的摄影师也被南华早报的摄像团队拍到了,以下为视频截图(文末附视频,本事件主角在1:06后出现):
注意红色箭头方向的绿衣男子,同样也出现在新浪使用的图片中。下图为旁人递给摄像师纸巾的画面:
现在问题来了:到底是谁在报道占中示威者围攻记者、强迫删除现场拍摄的影像的新闻呢?
所有数字时代编辑能在Google中搜索到的出现相关描述的新闻均为中国大陆媒体所发;(严格意义上来说)唯一例外的是香港《文汇报》:
所以,你真的相信香港民主示威者“围攻现场采访的新闻记者,强迫记者删除现场拍摄的影像”了吗?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkkWuHdQuys]