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CCTV apologizes for staged donation footage

CHINA'S Central Television Station yesterday apologized for airing footage that showed three torchbearers pretending to donate money to earthquake victims in Sichuan Province as they actually didn't have money in... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, May 16 2008

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10 Feb 09 visit CCTV apologizes for hotel blaze, firefighter officer dies  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA Central Television (CCTV) today apologized for last evening's massive fire that engulfed part of its new headquarters in the eastern central business district of the capital. CCTV has been responsible for the...
22 May 08 visit Orphans donate pocket money  »  People's Daily More than 300 children orphaned in the Lijiang earthquake of 1996 have donated a year's pocket money to victims of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan. The total of 15,174 yuan ($2,200) is a significant sacrifice for the orphans from Yunn ...
10 Feb 09 visit CCTV apologizes for great loss and traffic congestion caused by lethal blaze  »  People's Daily China Central Television (CCTV) on Tuesday apologized for a massive fire that engulfed part of its new headquarters in the eastern central business district of the capital. The fire broke out on Monday evening, and one firefighter was killed...
18 May 08 visit Torchbearers donate half million for quake victims in Southeast  »  People's Daily As the Olympic flame shed light Saturday in Wenzhou city, 108 torchbearers in Wenzhou has donated 475,000 yuan (68,840 U.S. dollars) for quake victims of a deadly earthquake in southwest China. The opening ceremony in Wenzhou relay ...
15 May 08 visit Vietnam financially helps Chinese earthquake victims  »  People's Daily The Vietnamese government has decided to donate 200,000 U.S. dollars to victims of a recent earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Thursday. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen T ...

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