Funny old world…the BBC absolutely refused to cover allegations, covered in depth by Guido, that Tim Yeo, as chairman of the climate change committee, was in any way compromised with so many green business interests resting on the decisions and advice of that committee.
Yeo was then put under investigation by fellow MPs concerning other allegations about lobbying (Sunday Times video on Guido)….and today it has been announced he is corruption free.
The BBC are straight in there cheering him on on the frontpage:
MP Yeo cleared by standards watchdog
The BBC reports this:
The paper said he had admitted telling a business associate what to say in evidence to the committee he chaired.
But then gives us this:
But the watchdog said the newspaper had used “subterfuge, misrepresentation and selective quotation” in its report.
The MPs criticised the tactics used by the Sunday Times in approaching Mr Yeo.
“We note the severe damage which is done to public trust by journalism which rests on a basis of subterfuge, misrepresentation and selective quotation,” the report said.
“Media investigations can have a role to play in ensuring high standards of public conduct, but we note that in this case Mr Yeo has broken no rules and the only misrepresentation has been that of the journalists themselves.”
Watch the video and he makes exactly that claim…that he told a business associate what to say in evidence.
Funny the BBC not mention that….nor indeed provide the video.
Funny the BBC not mention this conclusion by the watchdog about his words in that video:
“….they could give the impression of a senior member of the House who has little regard for the rules and can easily find his way round them in order to suit his own purposes.”
..and yet his fellow MPs still cleared him.
Choke.
And these are the guys who the BBC wants to run Press regulation?
Of course what the BBC doesn’t mention are all his massive green industry interests which, without a shadow of a doubt, would compromise his position in the eyes of most onlookers…..though not a matter for this investigation by the standards watchdog.
Will read the Sunday Times with keen interest this week.