Originally Posted by
Corky Smeek
This thread was started to allow discussion of the BBC's non-reporting of the incident in parliament yesterday. In particular the BBCs lack of impartiality.
The Unionists on here don't want to discuss that, of course. It would mean them having to confront some uncomfortable and self-evident truths about how the BBC conducts itself. So, as ever they attack the message and try to diminish the importance of the issue. BBC Bias has been recorded, documented, analysed and published by Prof. John Robertson and this latest example, whilst one of the worst, is only one in a very, very long list.
The BBC has a duty to report news. It is still, so far as I know, primarily a broadcasting organisation. If alleged paramilitary activists invade our nation's parliament to the potential fear and alarm of all those inside I think that deserves a mention on the news not just the Twitter account of one of their reporters. And I think all reasonable, law-abiding people would agree with me.
So there we have it. Alleged para-militarists invade the Scottish parliament. None of the Unionists on here have condemned either the incident; the participants or the BBC. It leaves one wondering what would have had to have happened for them to do so. How extreme does the threat have to be before they would concede that the matter was serious. The only conclusion that, I think, one can draw from the reaction to the incident, by some of those on here, is that nothing about the matter worries them and that we should all get on with our reasonably happy lives. The threat to democracy, by the lack of reporting, and to the safety of parliamentarians is of no consequence to them. It is all the more surprising since many of the Unionists on here are Tories (the self-proclaimed party of law and order) and yet still they seem unperturbed by what has gone on. Curiously though, despite these invaders causing fear and alarm in our parliament by their threatening behaviour and by shouting and bawling at SNP MSPs one commentator on here accuses me of spreading "hate, fear and propaganda". I think we can all see who is doing that.
Oh, and finally, it will be interesting to see the contrast in BBC coverage next time somebody in the street says something rude to Jackson Carlaw.
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