Here is an interesting exchange you should read….
On 7th April on the TODAY programme, champingat the bit to link David Cameron to Richard Nixon for his use of the phrase‘the great ignored’, M/s Berg falsely claimed that Richard Nixon coined thephrase “The silent majority”.
The phrase ‘the silent majority’ wasactually coined by De Gaulle’s Prime Minister Pompidou after De Gaulle calledparliamentary elections in 1968 and saw his party achieve the first absolutemajority in the history of the French Republic (clearly not something the BBC would wish to link David Cameron with). The compiler of our B-BBC digestGraeme sent a complaint to the BBC 8th April and copied it to the Conservative Party. He received a reply15th April from BBC ComplaintsCorrespondent Liam Boyle which compounded falsehood upon falsehood.
SeeGraeme’s response below:
Dear Mr Boyle,
Thank you for your email.
Firstly, I note that when I submittedmy complaint via your website no reference number was generated or automatedemail acknowledgement sent. This is very bad practice for dealing withcomplaints and is an indication of the bad faith in which an endemically biasedBBC acts.
What, in my view, starklycharacterises the bad faith of today’s BBC and its contempt for democratic values is your following directfalsehood:
Sanchia Berg’s reportfor the ‘Today’ programme on April 7th did not claim
that President Nixon coined the phrase the “silent majority”
that President Nixon coined the phrase the “silent majority”
Sanchia Berg’s exact wordsonce more: “Over 40 years ago Richard Nixoncoined a new phrase ‘the silent majority’ … ”
I transcribed thesewords carefully from the recording you carried on your website. Ofcourse, you only carry these recordings for 7 days. I wonder if it is acoincidence that you only respond to my complaint with this direct falsehoodafter this recording has been removed?
Fortunately, the recording still comesup under a search (see below) and I was able to confirm the 100% accuracy of mytranscription. As someone who adheres to the democratic standards theGramscian BBC has such contemptfor, I do not use the word “lie” to describe your direct falsehood asI do not have the incontrovertible proof necessary that itwas intentional. However, on the basis of the systematic bias of theBBC over the years I have everyreason to believe it was.
Mr Boyle, you’re dealing with someonewho as a Tribunite member of the Labour Party in 1979 thought the only realbias at the BBC was towards theleft and was against it as it was bad for democracy. I am absolutelycertain that Mr Cameron does not have the moral bottom to deal with the threatthe Gramscian BBC poses. I’msure you can continue to pursue your subversive ends with such patentfalsehoods with impunity till the Gramscian left has finally brought downBritish democracy, which I’m sure it will. What you willnever escape though is that there will always be people likeme willing to remind you what your moral choice in life says aboutyou as a human being.
God bless,
Graeme…