Channel 4 News (UK): Obama and Cameron hail US-UK 'partnership' (also shown edited on PBS NewsHour)

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Run time: 05:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVv6W6rQUUc   Posted on YouTube: May 25, 2011 By YouTube Member: Channel4News Views on YouTube: 73   Posted on DU: May 26, 2011 By DU Member: alp227 Views on DU: 346

 
This report by Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon was produced by Independent Television News and was thus distributed internationally to outlets such as the PBS NewsHour. The "news wrap" section of today's NewsHour showed this report with the following edits:
- (2:10 at C4 video) The soundbite of Obama's closing statement "Faith and the promise of tomorrow let us march straight forward together..." followed by audience applause (the 1:55 mark of the PBS video is the edit point)
- (2:38, C4) Footage of Obama preparing to meet along with PM David Cameron, then Deputy PM Nick Clegg greets Obama and shares a laugh. At 2:09 of the PBS video, the scene jumps straight from Obama walking outside 10 Downing Street to Obama, Cameron, and Clegg sitting down.
- (3:53, C4) Soundbite of Cameron addressing the Libyan conflict. PBS edited that out entirely and left in only Gibbon's narrated summary (3:03, PBS). Also following was a British poll by YouGov that showed that this year more people had confidence in Obama than Bush:


Good report, and be advised that when you see Independent Television News reports on the NewsHour, PBS may edit those for time or to eliminate UK-centric content.

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