…so long as it is black. Yes, Henry Ford’s maxim still directs much of what the BBC passes off as “debate”.
Last night, here in Northern Ireland, Irish republican terrorists detonated a car bomb outside MI5 headquarters at Holywood just outside Belfast. Plus ca change? Irish republican terrorists have been doing this for decades. But through the pervasive prism of the “peace process” – to which the BBC is ideologically committed – there are now “good” and “bad” terrorists. Hence IRA commander “Butcher Boy” Martin McGuinness is a good guy, and those behind last night’s bombing are the bad guys. Today sees Policing and Justice powers devolved here, a key IRA demand, but the orthodoxy perpetuated by the BBC is that this is a good thing. So, just before 8am, the BBC Today invited two Police Officers on to discuss this. Both were 100% supportive of the idea that Police and Courts now answer to IRA commander McGuinness. I could have given the BBC names of dozens of Police Officers revolted at this idea but curiously, they could ONLY find those who agree with the rancid deal. Where is the debate, where is the varied opinions, where is the representation of the outrage that many people in my community feel about this?
As you may know, I am standing for election in this General Election and so I have been canvassing opinion on the ground. Many people are nauseated by the idea that an IRA terrorist in the shape of McGuinness gets to appoint the Attorney General and gets to select the person who will appoint future judges. But were one to listen to the BBC as an alleged impartial reporter of facts, none of this would be obvious. That deception, of course, is part of the toxic BBC remit. Pravda but in HD.
Is this your blog for the election, I would like to include these posts if thats ok? Will link them up to twitNIelection service now. If you have any other sites of interest to NI electorate can you let me know here or via pm?
A police officer can only be expected to give the official government line. They can’t give their political opinions. Pretty handy for the BBC when it supports the Government line! What they should of course be doing is putting the dissenting view to the people in charge in Stormont.
Unfortunately, the facts on the ground are that the Catholic Community in N. Ireland has switched from giving t 2:1 support to the consitutional SDLP to 2:1 support to the terrorist Sinn Fein, thanks to the SDLP legitimising 30 years of PIRA terrorism by going as ballistic as Sinn Fein in condeming demands for PIRA to decommission before talks.
The Northern Ireland electorate will of course speak on 6th May, but not on the basis of a balanced and informed debate.
In the meantime officers of the PSNI and RUC GC do give some indication of their views by their commemoration of murdered colleagues:
http://www.policefed-ni.org.uk/
“curiously, they could ONLY find those who agree with the rancid deal.”
Yes and the only disinterested businessmen who Newsnight (?) could get at short notice to comment on the Conservatives’ NI proposals are both featured on a popular BBC programme and were, unsurprisingly, dismissive of the proposals.
and how many researchers does Newsnight employ ? Or is this Paul Mason whistling up some of his leftie friends ?
Excellent piece as ever DV. Toxic BBC remit indeed.