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International Wrap, Eye on World
Aired July 02, 2003 - 06:37 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More on David Beckham with David Clinch.
Lucky that you sat down at this particular time so you can explain the interest to us.
DAVID CLINCH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Oh, Beckham. We can't get enough of Beckham. This is David Beckham, just signed officially for Real Madrid in Madrid today, and he is there kicking a ceremonial ball in the Real Madrid stadium.
COSTELLO: Oh, look, there's a child who has run on to greet him and is hugging him.
CLINCH: I know. This is all about money. It's about how much money Real Madrid can make out of signing this player. He's a pretty good player. He's always been a great player. He's probably still going to be a great player for a few years. But what this is all about is Real Madrid...
COSTELLO: You mean, you think this scene was a setup with this kid?
CLINCH: Oh, hard to believe, I know. But it is all about money, and Real Madrid already making money. Before they even signed him they were making money, because that shirt that he's wearing...
COSTELLO: Oh!
CLINCH: ... is on sale in Madrid. It will probably be on sale in a town near you soon, and little American children will be wearing it soon, because the old No. 7 Manchester United shirt isn't worth anything anymore. No. 23 Madrid is what you need to have to be cool now. So, that's all about money.
COSTELLO: Do you have to wear your hair like that, too?
CLINCH: Yes.
Now, another -- you know, another story, just listening to Suzanne Malveaux talking there about Liberia. It was very interesting -- and we mentioned this earlier -- how sad it was to see the pictures. Ari Fleisher making those comments about possible U.S. involvement in Liberia, but very general comments, and here we saw these scenes just moments after he made those comments in Washington. People in Liberia celebrating in the state, saying, "The Americans are coming, the Americans are coming." Now... COSTELLO: And that was right after they heard about it on CNN.
CLINCH: Absolutely, and watching CNN International there. They heard the Americans are coming. That's not quite what Ari Fleisher said. But as Suzanne was saying, President Bush is going to Africa next week. So, this is going to be an issue while he's there: Is the United States going to get involved?
COSTELLO: OK, the "Potter" update now.
CLINCH: Oh, yes. I promised you we would come back and talk about "Harry Potter," two "Harry Potter" updates today.
One, we brought some material in from Australia, a Christian school banning "Harry Potter," the latest edition there, as have other Christian schools. I don't know about here in the U.S., but I do know that elsewhere in the world some Christian schools are saying it promotes witchcraft and magic, and that's not what they as Christians want to promote, so they've banned it in their own library. It's hard to imagine that they'll be able to prevent the children reading it at home, though.
And as an example of that, another story in France. We haven't yet got pictures on this, but I'm being told that in Paris they've announced today that the English version of "Harry Potter" -- it hasn't come out in French yet -- is the biggest seller of any kind of book in France at the moment. So...
COSTELLO: And that's the first time that's ever happened with a book in English in France.
CLINCH: Apparently the first time in France that any book in anything other than French has been the No. 1 bestseller. The French are very -- I was reading the French newspapers earlier. They're being -- it's a very awkward story for them to cover. Not only is it English, but it's "Harry Potter." So, their cultural ministry probably is (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
COSTELLO: We had the whole argument with Iraq and everything, and people are buying an English book.
CLINCH: English book, very embarrassing.
COSTELLO: Oh, yes. David Clinch, many thanks.
CLINCH: OK.
COSTELLO: It was a lot of fun.
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Aired July 2, 2003 - 06:37 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More on David Beckham with David Clinch.
Lucky that you sat down at this particular time so you can explain the interest to us.
DAVID CLINCH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Oh, Beckham. We can't get enough of Beckham. This is David Beckham, just signed officially for Real Madrid in Madrid today, and he is there kicking a ceremonial ball in the Real Madrid stadium.
COSTELLO: Oh, look, there's a child who has run on to greet him and is hugging him.
CLINCH: I know. This is all about money. It's about how much money Real Madrid can make out of signing this player. He's a pretty good player. He's always been a great player. He's probably still going to be a great player for a few years. But what this is all about is Real Madrid...
COSTELLO: You mean, you think this scene was a setup with this kid?
CLINCH: Oh, hard to believe, I know. But it is all about money, and Real Madrid already making money. Before they even signed him they were making money, because that shirt that he's wearing...
COSTELLO: Oh!
CLINCH: ... is on sale in Madrid. It will probably be on sale in a town near you soon, and little American children will be wearing it soon, because the old No. 7 Manchester United shirt isn't worth anything anymore. No. 23 Madrid is what you need to have to be cool now. So, that's all about money.
COSTELLO: Do you have to wear your hair like that, too?
CLINCH: Yes.
Now, another -- you know, another story, just listening to Suzanne Malveaux talking there about Liberia. It was very interesting -- and we mentioned this earlier -- how sad it was to see the pictures. Ari Fleisher making those comments about possible U.S. involvement in Liberia, but very general comments, and here we saw these scenes just moments after he made those comments in Washington. People in Liberia celebrating in the state, saying, "The Americans are coming, the Americans are coming." Now... COSTELLO: And that was right after they heard about it on CNN.
CLINCH: Absolutely, and watching CNN International there. They heard the Americans are coming. That's not quite what Ari Fleisher said. But as Suzanne was saying, President Bush is going to Africa next week. So, this is going to be an issue while he's there: Is the United States going to get involved?
COSTELLO: OK, the "Potter" update now.
CLINCH: Oh, yes. I promised you we would come back and talk about "Harry Potter," two "Harry Potter" updates today.
One, we brought some material in from Australia, a Christian school banning "Harry Potter," the latest edition there, as have other Christian schools. I don't know about here in the U.S., but I do know that elsewhere in the world some Christian schools are saying it promotes witchcraft and magic, and that's not what they as Christians want to promote, so they've banned it in their own library. It's hard to imagine that they'll be able to prevent the children reading it at home, though.
And as an example of that, another story in France. We haven't yet got pictures on this, but I'm being told that in Paris they've announced today that the English version of "Harry Potter" -- it hasn't come out in French yet -- is the biggest seller of any kind of book in France at the moment. So...
COSTELLO: And that's the first time that's ever happened with a book in English in France.
CLINCH: Apparently the first time in France that any book in anything other than French has been the No. 1 bestseller. The French are very -- I was reading the French newspapers earlier. They're being -- it's a very awkward story for them to cover. Not only is it English, but it's "Harry Potter." So, their cultural ministry probably is (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
COSTELLO: We had the whole argument with Iraq and everything, and people are buying an English book.
CLINCH: English book, very embarrassing.
COSTELLO: Oh, yes. David Clinch, many thanks.
CLINCH: OK.
COSTELLO: It was a lot of fun.
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