BBC Censorship Shame - Simon McCoy & Dale Farm
Jen Smith | 19.09.2011 09:32 | Anti-racism | Repression
In a shameful act of political censorship, at 10:13 this morning BBC News 24 anchor Simon McCoy cut off a representative of the Dale Farm action group mid-sentence when she tried to talk about the bailiff's company having a reputation for violence, and bailiffs having broken travellers' arms etc at previous evictions etc.
Simon McCoy interrupted the speaker mid-sentence, and said these were claims "the BBC can't verify" - the BBC don't have to verify them as they were being made by an interviewee and not by the BBC themselves, and then the interview went dead. In contrast to this sudden passion for verifiable facts, the BBC have constantly reported that Dale Farm residents built homes without planning permission, when in fact it turns out 50% of Dale Farm residents DO have planning permission to build on what is, in all cases, their own land, and land that was a former scrap yard as well.
Meanwhile the BBC News 24 has widely reported 3 people being arrested after a banner drop outside the Lib Dem conference, but confined all reports of the 1,500 people who marched against Lib Dem treachery to a few lines on the BBC website.
Simon McCoy interrupted the speaker mid-sentence, and said these were claims "the BBC can't verify" - the BBC don't have to verify them as they were being made by an interviewee and not by the BBC themselves, and then the interview went dead. In contrast to this sudden passion for verifiable facts, the BBC have constantly reported that Dale Farm residents built homes without planning permission, when in fact it turns out 50% of Dale Farm residents DO have planning permission to build on what is, in all cases, their own land, and land that was a former scrap yard as well.
Meanwhile the BBC News 24 has widely reported 3 people being arrested after a banner drop outside the Lib Dem conference, but confined all reports of the 1,500 people who marched against Lib Dem treachery to a few lines on the BBC website.
Jen Smith
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Verification
19.09.2011 10:12
The Unreal McCoy
Better job
19.09.2011 14:31
Stroll on
BBC Control Order.
19.09.2011 15:03
The BBC is looking at the whole situation and making judgements based on audience figures and business logic. They are not concerned with who is right or what X says about Y and why Z might therefore be offended.
They simply see a large operation to run the travellers out of Basildon and they see scope for an audience while that is going on. The BBC will look at any given situation and will simply back that which promises revenue and an audience. If Adolph Hitler were to emerge in this country and he had enough supporters behind him, the BBC would back him. They take the same approach as government. Always back the strongest contender. Its usually where the money is.
There is no moral or legal reason why this woman should have been cut-off. After all, if she makes accusations that are unfounded, then it is the business of the accused to come forward to seek redress through the law. The BBC play no part in this.
The reason this woman was cut off, is because it flies in the face of the interests the BBC have already decided they are going to back. And nothing more.
The BBC are simply a subjective corporate entity that very rarely concerns itself with the reporting of the truth, unless that thruth coincides with the interests of its sponsors and ideological backers.
Just another fine example in the long litany of BBC prejudice, mindless opportunism and sponsored bias that is the culture of the BBC.
I don't watch the BBC's output anymore because I don't consider it reliable or accurate. I consider it the British TASS.
A decent journalist.
BBC are still lying
19.09.2011 16:29
Stalactite