Three al-Jazeera journalists are being detained in Egypt on suspicion of using unlicensed equipment, broadcasting false news and possessing fake footage, prosecutors say.
Prosecutors say they are being held on suspicion of using unlicensed equipment, broadcasting false news and possessing fake footage, accusations al-Jazeera rejects.
Peter Greste, an ex-BBC correspondent, Canadian Mohammed Fahmy, Cairo bureau chief, and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed are being detained on suspicion of using unlicensed equipment, broadcasting false news and possessing fake footage, prosecutors say.
Then articles in the New York Post by Janet Wilson in 1989 and a Columbia Journalism Review article by Mary Williams Walsh in 1990 charged that CBS News repeatedly aired fake battle footage and false news accounts.
The trio were arrested in December and accused of collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood by "airing false news", doctoring footage and portraying Egypt in a state of civil war.
Greste, a reporter with al-Jazeera English, was arrested with his colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed in December, with all three accused of helping the banned Muslim Brotherhood by "airing false news", doctoring footage and portraying Egypt in a state of civil war.
An unnamed "brave individual" also managed to pass letters to the activists from the outside world, while Ball used a matchbox with a false bottom to smuggle his film footage out to the global press.
(Including a false accusation that some of the footage came from al-Qaeda sources).
The footage was rendered in false color to highlight the differences in surface materials -- including those in the bright spots: .
However, the comedian, 39, and Khan, 40, claimed that CCTV footage proved her allegations were false and are launching legal action against her.
