Post by charmbrights on Nov 17, 2012 11:08:49 GMT
It was instructive to see the BBC response to the debacle of Thursday's (15.xi.12) elections.
BBC Wales news reported that only one of the four Welsh force areas had elected a Labour Party candidate with a disapproving voice. It continued "Labour want to know why they only got one [of the posts]" as though this were the largest problem; forget the turn out so low that Malpas and Tyr y Berth had polling stations open for 15 hours without a single vote being cast.
Then Newsnight gave its usualbalanced report: it interviewed two candidates, one winner and one loser. The winner was the Labour commissioner for Greater Manchester (Tony Lloyd - an ex-MP in the area and Labour Minister) and this was "balanced" by an interview with a losing candidate - the Labour candidate for the post in Humberside (Lord Prescott - an ex-MP in the area and Labour Minister)!
BBC Wales news reported that only one of the four Welsh force areas had elected a Labour Party candidate with a disapproving voice. It continued "Labour want to know why they only got one [of the posts]" as though this were the largest problem; forget the turn out so low that Malpas and Tyr y Berth had polling stations open for 15 hours without a single vote being cast.
Then Newsnight gave its usual
