Post by Teddy Bear on Oct 27, 2011 13:41:22 GMT
The BBC News deputy political editor must have thought it would be a real lark to edit the film at the Tory Conference to give the impression that one of the Tory MP's was swayed by a more senior Minister to act differently than he was originally intending to, or 'nobbled'. The fact that the news editor has since admitted this purposeful distortion is immaterial, it clearly shows the BBC mindset that makes Tories fair game for any kind of shenanigans, and if one bends the story in any way, it's okay.
For the BBC it's just a laugh.
For the BBC it's just a laugh.
BBC's 'too little, too late' apology to Tory MP
Andrew Tyrie, the Tory MP shown apparently being muzzled by Steve Hilton at the Tory Conference, wants a proper apology from the BBC
By Tim Walker7:00AM BST 24 Oct 2011
Not since Sky News tried to pass off archive footage of a missile launch from a submarine as an up-to-the-minute report of British servicemen going into action in the Iraq war has a television news report proved more misleading.
The victim this time around is Andrew Tyrie. The chairman of the Treasury Select Committee provided the BBC with what appeared to be a defining image of the Tory Party conference when he was filmed being led away by Steve Hilton, David Cameron’s strategy chief, with one muscular arm draped over his shoulder.
Only it wasn’t quite what it seemed, as James Landale, the deputy political editor of BBC News, now admits. “The impression it suggested was of a Downing Street official giving a backbencher what the Army call 'an interview without coffee’,” he says. “The truth is more prosaic. It was Tyrie who initiated the conversation. He saw Hilton and asked to speak to him about a particular point. Hilton slowed down and it was then that he puts his arm around Tyrie.”
Landale also accepts that, so far from being “persuaded” by Hilton to toe the line on the economy after George Osborne, the Chancellor, had delivered his speech, Tyrie had made it clear to the journalist that he took a broadly positive view of what Osborne had to say before his encounter with Hilton.
Landale has addressed the issue on his blog, but for Tyrie it would appear to be too little, too late. The MP will say only: “I have asked the BBC to put this right and I’m in discussions about that”.
Andrew Tyrie, the Tory MP shown apparently being muzzled by Steve Hilton at the Tory Conference, wants a proper apology from the BBC
By Tim Walker7:00AM BST 24 Oct 2011
Not since Sky News tried to pass off archive footage of a missile launch from a submarine as an up-to-the-minute report of British servicemen going into action in the Iraq war has a television news report proved more misleading.
The victim this time around is Andrew Tyrie. The chairman of the Treasury Select Committee provided the BBC with what appeared to be a defining image of the Tory Party conference when he was filmed being led away by Steve Hilton, David Cameron’s strategy chief, with one muscular arm draped over his shoulder.
Only it wasn’t quite what it seemed, as James Landale, the deputy political editor of BBC News, now admits. “The impression it suggested was of a Downing Street official giving a backbencher what the Army call 'an interview without coffee’,” he says. “The truth is more prosaic. It was Tyrie who initiated the conversation. He saw Hilton and asked to speak to him about a particular point. Hilton slowed down and it was then that he puts his arm around Tyrie.”
Landale also accepts that, so far from being “persuaded” by Hilton to toe the line on the economy after George Osborne, the Chancellor, had delivered his speech, Tyrie had made it clear to the journalist that he took a broadly positive view of what Osborne had to say before his encounter with Hilton.
Landale has addressed the issue on his blog, but for Tyrie it would appear to be too little, too late. The MP will say only: “I have asked the BBC to put this right and I’m in discussions about that”.