Post by Teddy Bear on May 19, 2014 22:17:27 GMT
The first article is by Peter Hitchens writing for the Mail on Sunday and his view of UKIP, including how the BBC is doing their best to demonize them.
Then Hitchens found that when the BBC referred to his article they skipped over everything positive he had to say about UKIP.
So he reported the distortion to Breitbart London.
Here's what Breitbart tell us:
Then Hitchens found that when the BBC referred to his article they skipped over everything positive he had to say about UKIP.
So he reported the distortion to Breitbart London.
Here is the best reason for voting UKIP
I don't like UKIP or its leader, Nigel Farage. They are the Dad’s Army of British politics, doddery, farcical and very unclear about what they are actually for.
But they have Captain Mainwaring’s virtues too. They are absolutely certain about what they are against, in this case an aloof political establishment that despises the concerns of normal human beings.
They are also indomitable when under attack. And they need to be. I have taken a close interest in British politics since I was a schoolboy, and I have never seen a more disgraceful alliance between politicians and their media toadies than the one that has been secretly made to do down UKIP.
On one day last week, almost every unpopular newspaper carried a cartoon portraying Nigel Farage as ugly, stupid or embattled, or all three.
Last Wednesday, the insider magazine Private Eye also claimed that the Leftist daily The Guardian had made a secret deal with the Tory Party, which claims to be conservative.
The Tories, it was alleged, had promised the favourite newspaper of the liberal elite a steady supply of damaging stories about UKIP candidates saying daft things (Tories, of course, never say daft things). In return, the newspaper had promised to avoid identifying the source.
Such stories are immediately picked up by BBC radio and TV news channels, which view The Guardian as sacred text. Asked about the allegation, The Guardian drew itself up to its full height and snapped: ‘The Guardian does not disclose its sources.’ (A certain Sarah Tisdall, who went to prison 30 years ago after The Guardian handed over documents that disclosed her as its source, might disagree.)
Well, there you have it. The Tory Party and The Guardian (and the BBC) are all united against UKIP. That would seem the best possible reason to vote UKIP. It also tells you who and what the Conservative Party really is.
What a mess we are in about the ‘N’ word. Of course some people still use it to insult and demean. There are not many of them, but they are cruel and wicked.
Others, still bigoted in their hearts, take an unpleasant joy in its rare survival in our culture (as the name of a dog) in The Dam Busters. It is because of such people that I sympathise with TV stations that cut the word out of reruns of that film.
The ugly syllables have such a power to shock that I can even (just) see why a city hall employee in Washington DC was forced out of his job (and later rehired after a scandal) for quite innocently using the word ‘niggardly’, which has no racial meaning at all. This really happened, in 1999. The man’s name was David Howard.
Knowing what I know of the bitter racial past and present of America’s unofficially but sharply segregated capital city, I think he would have been wiser and more tactful to say ‘miserly’.
This is because we have all made this word into a sort of boundary marker between our ignorant past and our more enlightened present.
But the word itself is not the offence. It is the intention behind it that we should judge. Those who speak crude words with no other aim than to wound and insult should face strong disapproval. Now, perhaps we could apply the same rule to the ‘F’ word and the ‘C’ word, which you can use on the BBC without getting into any trouble at all these days.
I don't like UKIP or its leader, Nigel Farage. They are the Dad’s Army of British politics, doddery, farcical and very unclear about what they are actually for.
But they have Captain Mainwaring’s virtues too. They are absolutely certain about what they are against, in this case an aloof political establishment that despises the concerns of normal human beings.
They are also indomitable when under attack. And they need to be. I have taken a close interest in British politics since I was a schoolboy, and I have never seen a more disgraceful alliance between politicians and their media toadies than the one that has been secretly made to do down UKIP.
On one day last week, almost every unpopular newspaper carried a cartoon portraying Nigel Farage as ugly, stupid or embattled, or all three.
Last Wednesday, the insider magazine Private Eye also claimed that the Leftist daily The Guardian had made a secret deal with the Tory Party, which claims to be conservative.
The Tories, it was alleged, had promised the favourite newspaper of the liberal elite a steady supply of damaging stories about UKIP candidates saying daft things (Tories, of course, never say daft things). In return, the newspaper had promised to avoid identifying the source.
Such stories are immediately picked up by BBC radio and TV news channels, which view The Guardian as sacred text. Asked about the allegation, The Guardian drew itself up to its full height and snapped: ‘The Guardian does not disclose its sources.’ (A certain Sarah Tisdall, who went to prison 30 years ago after The Guardian handed over documents that disclosed her as its source, might disagree.)
Well, there you have it. The Tory Party and The Guardian (and the BBC) are all united against UKIP. That would seem the best possible reason to vote UKIP. It also tells you who and what the Conservative Party really is.
What a mess we are in about the ‘N’ word. Of course some people still use it to insult and demean. There are not many of them, but they are cruel and wicked.
Others, still bigoted in their hearts, take an unpleasant joy in its rare survival in our culture (as the name of a dog) in The Dam Busters. It is because of such people that I sympathise with TV stations that cut the word out of reruns of that film.
The ugly syllables have such a power to shock that I can even (just) see why a city hall employee in Washington DC was forced out of his job (and later rehired after a scandal) for quite innocently using the word ‘niggardly’, which has no racial meaning at all. This really happened, in 1999. The man’s name was David Howard.
Knowing what I know of the bitter racial past and present of America’s unofficially but sharply segregated capital city, I think he would have been wiser and more tactful to say ‘miserly’.
This is because we have all made this word into a sort of boundary marker between our ignorant past and our more enlightened present.
But the word itself is not the offence. It is the intention behind it that we should judge. Those who speak crude words with no other aim than to wound and insult should face strong disapproval. Now, perhaps we could apply the same rule to the ‘F’ word and the ‘C’ word, which you can use on the BBC without getting into any trouble at all these days.
Here's what Breitbart tell us:
EXCLUSIVE: BBC MISREPRESENTED ME OVER UKIP ARTICLE, SAYS AUTHOR PETER HITCHENS
by RAHEEM KASSAM
The BBC has broadcast a misleading portion of an article by Peter Hitchens from the Mail on Sunday, prompting complaints over impartiality and accuracy.
The BBC's 'News Briefing', which was aired on Radio 4 at 5am yesterday used a selective portion of a column by author and commentator Peter Hitchens. The piece was entitled "Here is the best reason for voting UKIP".
Mr Hitchens began his column, "I don't like UKIP or its leader, Nigel Farage. They are the Dad’s Army of British politics, doddery, farcical and very unclear about what they are actually for."
But the BBC failed to report the headline or indeed any of the rest of Mr Hitchens comments which he described as "generally pro-UKIP".
Instead, the host of the programme continued pulling negative UKIP comments from various newspapers for the rest of the segment. The entire clip can be heard here.
In his original article, Mr Hitchens went on to say: "But they have Captain Mainwaring’s virtues too. They are absolutely certain about what they are against, in this case an aloof political establishment that despises the concerns of normal human beings.
"They are also indomitable when under attack. And they need to be. I have taken a close interest in British politics since I was a schoolboy, and I have never seen a more disgraceful alliance between politicians and their media toadies than the one that has been secretly made to do down UKIP."
He went on to expose a freshly reported alliance between the Guardian newspaper and Conservative Party Headquarters. The full article can be read here.
Mr Hitchens told Breitbart London that he has lodged formal complaints with the BBC, and noted that they have form in misrepresenting him.
"Every single item they quoted about UKIP was hostile to it," Mr Hitchens said. "I'm sure Christopher Booker had a piece defending UKIP this weekend. It was by no means impossible for those looking for a balanced take to find things defending UKIP.
"We are in the final stages of these elections in which UKIP is a major party, and since the BBC is bound to impartiality, it is especially during this time that there should be extra vigilance".
"To have something so selective that they misrepresented a generally pro-UKIP article is very striking"
The BBC's cultural and political bias is long-noted, and Freedom of Information requests into its journalistic activities are often fruitless given a restrictive clause in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which protects whatever the BBC deems to be journalistic activity.
Numerous BBC personalities have however confessed to a bias within the organisation, and Breitbart London uncovered the organisation's disproportionate purchases of the Guardian newspaper earlier this year.
Speaking on the issue, Mr Hitchens said, "[The BBC] is like a goldfish in a bowl. It thinks that is the world, and therefore you cannot change the BBC. They don't know that they are hopefully and utterly biased."
Mr Hitchens is understood to have complained to the BBC in three different ways, including once as a general listener, and once as the author of a piece which has been misrepresented. "I'm pursuing it in every way" he told Breitbart London.
by RAHEEM KASSAM
The BBC has broadcast a misleading portion of an article by Peter Hitchens from the Mail on Sunday, prompting complaints over impartiality and accuracy.
The BBC's 'News Briefing', which was aired on Radio 4 at 5am yesterday used a selective portion of a column by author and commentator Peter Hitchens. The piece was entitled "Here is the best reason for voting UKIP".
Mr Hitchens began his column, "I don't like UKIP or its leader, Nigel Farage. They are the Dad’s Army of British politics, doddery, farcical and very unclear about what they are actually for."
But the BBC failed to report the headline or indeed any of the rest of Mr Hitchens comments which he described as "generally pro-UKIP".
Instead, the host of the programme continued pulling negative UKIP comments from various newspapers for the rest of the segment. The entire clip can be heard here.
In his original article, Mr Hitchens went on to say: "But they have Captain Mainwaring’s virtues too. They are absolutely certain about what they are against, in this case an aloof political establishment that despises the concerns of normal human beings.
"They are also indomitable when under attack. And they need to be. I have taken a close interest in British politics since I was a schoolboy, and I have never seen a more disgraceful alliance between politicians and their media toadies than the one that has been secretly made to do down UKIP."
He went on to expose a freshly reported alliance between the Guardian newspaper and Conservative Party Headquarters. The full article can be read here.
Mr Hitchens told Breitbart London that he has lodged formal complaints with the BBC, and noted that they have form in misrepresenting him.
"Every single item they quoted about UKIP was hostile to it," Mr Hitchens said. "I'm sure Christopher Booker had a piece defending UKIP this weekend. It was by no means impossible for those looking for a balanced take to find things defending UKIP.
"We are in the final stages of these elections in which UKIP is a major party, and since the BBC is bound to impartiality, it is especially during this time that there should be extra vigilance".
"To have something so selective that they misrepresented a generally pro-UKIP article is very striking"
The BBC's cultural and political bias is long-noted, and Freedom of Information requests into its journalistic activities are often fruitless given a restrictive clause in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which protects whatever the BBC deems to be journalistic activity.
Numerous BBC personalities have however confessed to a bias within the organisation, and Breitbart London uncovered the organisation's disproportionate purchases of the Guardian newspaper earlier this year.
Speaking on the issue, Mr Hitchens said, "[The BBC] is like a goldfish in a bowl. It thinks that is the world, and therefore you cannot change the BBC. They don't know that they are hopefully and utterly biased."
Mr Hitchens is understood to have complained to the BBC in three different ways, including once as a general listener, and once as the author of a piece which has been misrepresented. "I'm pursuing it in every way" he told Breitbart London.
