(A guest contribution by Graeme Thompson, who posts as
‘hippiepooter’)
“Firstly, I’d like to say, that from what I have seen of BBC coverage of the riots (mainly BBC News24 and R5L) I would say that on the whole,
it has been good. Especially ‘way to go’
to Sophie Raworth for describing this footage as “the
police up the ante”.
it has been good. Especially ‘way to go’
to Sophie Raworth for describing this footage as “the
police up the ante”.
That said, when we go into prime time BBC Television News, BBC
News for mass public consumption, we see ‘BBC Bent’ –BBC
News editorialising and ‘on message’ for the Labour Party.
News for mass public consumption, we see ‘BBC Bent’ –
News editorialising and ‘on message’ for the Labour Party.
I’m talking Allan Little and Nick Robinson here. Robinson practising the black arts of media
bias with more subtlety, Little, a bare faced liar.
bias with more subtlety, Little, a bare faced liar.
In Allan Little’s report for the main news 9.8.11 he claimed
that Mayor Johnson went walkabout and he was only met with angry residents.
Bare faced lie. I was watchingBBC 24
rolling coverage earlier in the day.
Firstly, Mayor Johnson had addressed a group of residents, a number of
whom did subject him to hostile questioning, however, half an hour or so
afterwards, theBBC cut to him
approaching a large ‘broom squad’ while brandishing a broom himself. He was greeted by them as a hero and cheered
to the rafters when making a speech.
that Mayor Johnson went walkabout and he was only met with angry residents.
Bare faced lie. I was watching
rolling coverage earlier in the day.
Firstly, Mayor Johnson had addressed a group of residents, a number of
whom did subject him to hostile questioning, however, half an hour or so
afterwards, the
approaching a large ‘broom squad’ while brandishing a broom himself. He was greeted by them as a hero and cheered
to the rafters when making a speech.
Little’s voiceover of Johnson only being met by angry residents featured the footage of Boris
Johnson approaching the cheering, broom wielding residents (who were out of
view) but then cut to the footage of him facing the hostile questions that had
happened earlier.BBC Bent.
Johnson approaching the cheering, broom wielding residents (who were out of
view) but then cut to the footage of him facing the hostile questions that had
happened earlier.
Robinson was more insiduous.
Watch his
report yesterday from 06:45mins (I don’t think it will be available on
iplayer tomorrow). In my view he adopted
a sarcastic tone to the Prime Minister’s statements and contrasted how the
Prime Minister did not take to the streets of Birmingham (didn’t he?) but Ed
Miliband did to the streets ofManchester BBC camera from the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal
Opposition with a purple overalled ‘broom squad’ behind him (genuine citizen
inspired ‘sweep up’ initiatives did’nt see people issued with overalls). Should theBBC
be collaborating with the Labour Party Leader to deliver stage managed pieces
to the British public as ‘News’ preceded by implicit sneering at his opponent? Robinson is a party hack for Labour.
Watch his
report yesterday from 06:45mins (I don’t think it will be available on
iplayer tomorrow). In my view he adopted
a sarcastic tone to the Prime Minister’s statements and contrasted how the
Prime Minister did not take to the streets of Birmingham (didn’t he?) but Ed
Miliband did to the streets of
Opposition with a purple overalled ‘broom squad’ behind him (genuine citizen
inspired ‘sweep up’ initiatives did’nt see people issued with overalls). Should the
be collaborating with the Labour Party Leader to deliver stage managed pieces
to the British public as ‘News’ preceded by implicit sneering at his opponent? Robinson is a party hack for Labour.
On Newsnight 09.08.11 (about 15mins in
or so) the appallingly sneering and, well, ‘completely up himself’ David
Grossman was in topBBC biased
form, with a suitable intro from the equally appalling Gavin Esler. Amongst various Gramscian delights, Grossman managed
to refer sneeringly to Mayor Johnson being ‘the last to hit the tarmac’, and
featured clips of him and the Deputy Prime Minister getting a hard time from
members of the public. Somehow, the
footage of Labour Leader Ed Miliband getting a hard time from members of the
public in Peckham that featured earlier on the BBC managed to elude him.
or so) the appallingly sneering and, well, ‘completely up himself’ David
Grossman was in top
form, with a suitable intro from the equally appalling Gavin Esler. Amongst various Gramscian delights, Grossman managed
to refer sneeringly to Mayor Johnson being ‘the last to hit the tarmac’, and
featured clips of him and the Deputy Prime Minister getting a hard time from
members of the public. Somehow, the
footage of Labour Leader Ed Miliband getting a hard time from members of the
public in Peckham that featured earlier on the BBC managed to elude him.
The response of the Metropolitan Police to the riots and to
a lesser extent other, ahem,‘Services’, has been so weak because they have been
emasculated by 30 years of Political Correctness. The Gramscian BBC has played a pivotal role
in this emasculation. We don’t need
another inquiry into the Police, what we need is an Inquiry into
Inquiries: The Scarman Inquiry and most
especially the MacPherson Inquiry that came to the genuinely insane and
Communist conclusions that have led directly to the mayhem we have seen just
now. A key part of any such inquiry
would be to examine the subversive propaganda war that led to the insanity of
the MacPherson Report and the key role that theBBC
played in that propaganda war.
a lesser extent other, ahem,‘Services’, has been so weak because they have been
emasculated by 30 years of Political Correctness. The Gramscian BBC has played a pivotal role
in this emasculation. We don’t need
another inquiry into the Police, what we need is an Inquiry into
Inquiries: The Scarman Inquiry and most
especially the MacPherson Inquiry that came to the genuinely insane and
Communist conclusions that have led directly to the mayhem we have seen just
now. A key part of any such inquiry
would be to examine the subversive propaganda war that led to the insanity of
the MacPherson Report and the key role that the
played in that propaganda war.