muck
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Post by muck on Aug 12, 2010 0:37:41 GMT
Hi,
I thought I would sign up to post my feelings about the recently departed Jimmy Reid, and the BBC Radio coverage of his death.
While he might have been an influential figure, and I'm old enough to remember him, he wasn't particularly significant. There's been plenty of more significant figures who have died over the years, yet BBC Radio has been eulogising about him all day, with comments from socialist thinkers, and even segments of his speeches.
I can't remember the BBC giving much attention to politicians, yet this seems to really float their boat.
Thanks.
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Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 12, 2010 18:17:07 GMT
Welcome Muck I must admit I'd never heard of Jimmy Reid until you mentioned him here, and I avoid listening to BBC any more than I have to. However a quick search of the BBC website brought up copious number of articles on the man, and after reading just a few lines of one of them I saw right away why this man would be so focussed on by the BBC. Mr Reid led a successful work-in at the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) in 1971 which thwarted the Tory government's attempts to close the yards.
The one-time Communist Party member later moderated his views, and stood for Labour in the 1979 election.
For the BBC mindset, it could only be better if he was also a black homosexual Muslim. This kind of story enables them to convey the ideology that forms much of their bias while couched in reporting events. I can well imagine their mouths watering at his death and the opportunity it presented them.
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