USA: LOS ANGELES: GEORGE CLOONEY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PAPARAZZI
(60990)
APTV
Los Angeles, California, USA September 2, 1997
1. George Clooney enters the press conference
2. Cutaway cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Clooney
"My first reaction has been to stay out of this. I want to be fair to the Princess. This is not about me. But as I sit in front of my TV listening to tabloid journalists and editors dodging their own responsibility and placing the blame on the drunken driver or society or Princess Di, I now feel that the only fair thing I can do is stand up and make one clear, concise statement. Stand up and ask this: To the self-appointed spokesman Steven Coz, the editor of the National Enquirer, and to all other tabloids positioning themselves as innocents, Princess Di is dead. And who should we see about that? The driver of the car? The paparazzi? Or the magazines and papers who purchase these papers and make bounty hunters out of photographers?"
4. Cutaway of reporters
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Clooney
"Legitimate news sources like the Los Angeles Times and network news should draw a clear line in the sand. Do not purchase your news. Do not use tabloids as a source. You define the difference between tabloid and legitimate news. Do your job. Inform responsibly. And as for you Mr. Coz, and your colleagues. The Princess of Wales is dead and you have gone on television and you have washed your hands and you have placed blame and you have deflected responsibility and I wonder how you sleep at night. You should be ashamed. Thank you."
6. Clooney exits the room
7. Cutaways of various reporters
8. Various shots of reporters picking up a press release.
USA: LOS ANGELES: GEORGE CLOONEY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PAPARAZZI
(60990)
APTV
Los Angeles, California, USA September 2, 1997
1. George Clooney enters the press conference
2. Cutaway cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Clooney
"My first reaction has been to stay out of this. I want to be fair to the Princess. This is not about me. But as I sit in front of my TV listening to tabloid journalists and editors dodging their own responsibility and placing the blame on the drunken driver or society or Princess Di, I now feel that the only fair thing I can do is stand up and make one clear, concise statement. Stand up and ask this: To the self-appointed spokesman Steven Coz, the editor of the National Enquirer, and to all other tabloids positioning themselves as innocents, Princess Di is dead. And who should we see about that? The driver of the car? The paparazzi? Or the magazines and papers who purchase these papers and make bounty hunters out of photographers?"
4. Cutaway of reporters
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Clooney
"Legitimate news sources like the Los Angeles Times and network news should draw a clear line in the sand. Do not purchase your news. Do not use tabloids as a source. You define the difference between tabloid and legitimate news. Do your job. Inform responsibly. And as for you Mr. Coz, and your colleagues. The Princess of Wales is dead and you have gone on television and you have washed your hands and you have placed blame and you have deflected responsibility and I wonder how you sleep at night. You should be ashamed. Thank you."
6. Clooney exits the room
7. Cutaways of various reporters
8. Various shots of reporters picking up a press release.
