BBC's reputation is questioned again over claims that scenes from a documentary over a tribal group in the Amazon were faked to show the tribe - the Machigenga as 'savages'. the documentary was shown by BBC Knowledge and the Travel Channel. BBC state they had no knowledge of the production values of the TV company, Cicada, but that the programme has been linked to the BBC through broadcast is still damaging by association.
Aside from the BBC, the bigger worry is the representation of tribal communities through Western Media. Survival International, a human rigths organisation said it was a 'depressing example of the way tribal people are routinely portrayed'.
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