Chapter 643: Shameless Crime
The BBC broadcast the entire Hillsborough tragedy live, and the huge number of casualties shocked the whole of Britain and the whole world.
But the poor Liverpool fans have suffered a double injury of body and mind.
Mainstream media such as NAC, ABC, CBS relayed the tragedy at that time, and provided voice-over commentary, allowing American audiences to see what happened at that time through the picture.
"For the second year in a row, Liverpool met Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-finals, and for the second year in a row, Hillsborough Stadium was chosen as the neutral pitch for the semi-finals, and for the second year in a row, Liverpool fans were seated in the Lippins Trail stands.
It was a sunny day, the fans arrived at the stadium early, and at 2pm, the crowd increased significantly. “
With the voiceover, the footage shows fans entering the stadium.
Subsequently, many long-distance buses arrived at the stadium later than scheduled due to road work in Sheffield. Until 2:30 p.m., a larger than usual crowd remained stranded outside the stadium. Although the crowd is increasing, the police are still checking all spectators as usual, making the entry process even more slow.
Traffic jams on bottlenecks off the pitch began to cause serious problems. The safety of fans in the middle of the crowd began to be in jeopardy.
The unique structure of the Lapins Trail Grandstand itself meant that a large proportion of the fans were crowded in the middle, which in itself began to create problems, and the Lapins Trail Grandstand had a clear view of the situation and goals in the middle of the Lapins Trail Stand, and it was here that the disaster for Liverpool fans was created. “
In the introduction, the middle stand was already full, but there were still fans in the back who continued to squeeze in.
"The request to postpone the kick-off in order to ease the crowding was denied. The first request to open the exit gate of the stadium was also denied on the grounds of the security of the stadium. More and more fans came to the entrance to the Lepins Trail Grandstand, and the situation began to escalate and get out of control......"
In the narrator's slightly heavy commentary, the barbed wire fence blocking the fans at the bottom has been squeezed and collapsed by the crowded fans, and the fans next to the barbed wire have been squeezed down by the fans behind and stepped on their feet.
In the first reports, the mainstream media was relatively fair, and they didn't have too much subjective speculation before the investigation came out, and they also used a vague statement on the responsibility for the tragedy, and did not directly point to Liverpool fans forcibly opening the exit door of the stadium, nor did they say that it was the police who opened the door as some interviewees said, NBC and other mainstream media are actually very consistent, and they all use the unclear rhetoric.
However, after a report called "The Truth" came out in a well-known tabloid newspaper affiliated with Robert Murdoch, the Sun newspaper went completely into lies.
The Sun's editor-in-chief, Mackenzie, reported on the Heatburg tragedy with the headline "The Truth", with three subheadlines pointing to fans stealing victims' cash drawers, urinating on heroic officers and chasing and beating officers who gave first aid
The article on the inside page related to these headlines states: "While rescuers are helping the wounded, drunk Liverpool fans attack them"; Officers, firefighters and ambulances were all treated with punches, kicks and urinating." The article also quoted an anonymous police officer who alleged that "a female deceased was abused" and that "Liverpool fans openly urinated on us and the bodies of the victims".
"If you ask me what the most disgusting newspaper in the world is, I'll tell you it's The Sun. As soon as the Sun's report came out, when other media followed suit and reprinted the report, Qiao Feng directly fired at the Sun and McKenzie.
Because Captain Hooke's propaganda was suspended at the first time of the tragedy, and a moment of silence was observed for the victims, so at the press conference of Mulan, DreamWorks' first 3D animated feature film, a reporter asked Qiao Feng what he thought about the Sun newspaper's report that the tragedy of Liverpool fans was to blame, Qiao Feng, the boss and screenwriter, had a gloomy face at that time, and he scolded directly and mercilessly in the face of many media in the audience.
"In the BBC video, in the reports reproduced by the media where you worked, I think you have all seen the media interviews with the fans and the police at the scene.
Whether it is in the video or in the interview after the incident, no one has seen how many Liverpool fans have been drinking, let alone how many irrational attacks, on the contrary, we have seen from the BBC video that those Liverpool fans are helping to rescue the injured and victims, and the police are preventing these fans from receiving treatment.
I don't know how the South Yorkshire police were able to brazenly shirk their responsibilities and put all the blame on the unfortunate Liverpool fans, slandering many late Liverpool fans who had to force their way into the stadium after being drunk, and I don't know how The Sun was able to pour dirty water on the Liverpool fans without regard to the facts.
With such heavy casualties, the Sun maliciously slandered Liverpool fans without any evidence in order to attract attention, which is a shameless crime. Such malicious accusations and slanders are unfair to Liverpool fans, on the contrary, they are only victims of this tragedy.
Liverpool fans were not the ones who started the disaster. I grieve for the double tragedy of the death of a loved one and the accusation on their back, which should not have been suffered by the victim's Liverpool fans, because this is the double injury inflicted on them by the South Yorkshire Police and the Sun. I will contact Hong Kong TVB and Ming Pao and other relevant media to conduct an in-depth investigation into the truth of the tragedy, I hope to give the public the truth of the facts, so that the victims can have some comfort underground, and at the same time, I will set up a fund with 10% of the box office of the movie Mulan to provide some help for the victims.
Qiao Feng felt heartache for the tragedy and was even more angry at the shamelessness of the local police and the Sun, but at the same time, he did not forget the responsibility of a boss and investor, and when he scolded the police and the Sun, he gave a wave of advertisements to TVB and Ming Pao, as well as the cartoon Mulan.