Czechoslovakia protests - Disinformation allegations

Title

Czechoslovakia protests - Disinformation allegations

Genre

News report

TX Date

22 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:24

Description

Catherine Field reports on apparent government disinformation in Czechoslovakia following the revelation that no one died when police crushed a demonstration in Prague. Protest groups who accused the Government of brutality now suspect they were deliberately fed false information to discredit their calls for reforms. Male reporter in studio not identified (poss. Martin Young).

Contributors

Martin Young?; Catherine Field

Keywords

Political marches; Political protests; Demonstrations; Communism; Czechoslovakia; Prague

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