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Saturday, April 18, 2009 Laban # More on policing ... Inspector Gadget points out the disparity between this morning's BBC News coverage of the slapping/striking of Nicola Fisher and the killing of police officer Gary Toms. ... this story gets one page in the ‘England’ section with no photograph of the officer and no ‘trial by media’ of the alleged offenders. It was reported on BBC Radio national morning news at 8.03 am for 1.8 seconds. Uninjured Nicola Fisher, 35, from Brighton, who was slapped across the face and hit on her leg with a baton by a Police Sergeant during the G20 protests has been talking to journalists. She refused to discuss the fee she has received via Max Clifford. On the BBC News Website this story gets a full page in the UK and England sections, two videos and more discussion ‘out of Court’ of the officers actions from Ms Fishers perspective. On Saturday, BBC Radio national morning news ran the story twice every hour, from 6.30 am to 9.00 am. It was featured twice at length. On my Ruralshire Constabulary team of young police officers, many of whom provide Public Order support at National events (without incident by the way) the difference in coverage will be noticed, and may add to the widening gap between police and public. Unfortunately, police officers see the media as representing public opinion. I can understand that many people are upset by the G20 incidents. But when one of your own workmates is killed and receives less media coverage than someone who is slapped round the face and hit on the leg with a hollow metal stick causing no injury, we start to see the moral battle lines being drawn. (Via JuliaM. Also noted at Landed Underclass) Comments: 7 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE WAR ON POLICING. It's a tricky one, isn't it? The BBC are laying into the policing of the G20 summit in London, with the latest shock horror being some woman complaining that she was "hit across the face" by an officer. This is a headline grabbing news angle, apparently. Don't get me wrong, I despise the increasingly politicisation and paramilitarisation of policing - all conducted under Labour. Many within the senior ranks are essentially politicians - not coppers. I don't like the arrogance and bullying that British policing often exudes. But I am disturbed at the way in which the BBC is leading this assault on the integrity and dedication of policing. It suggests that the G20 protesters were all innocent angels. It uses vermin like Ken Livingstone to try and undermine Boris Johnson. The BBC has an agenda in play here which boils down to ensuring that the sort of rabble that turn up to cause trouble at G20 summits be treated with kid gloves. Mind you, when it comes to the police treatment of those who support country sports - you couldn't hit them hard enough. Comments: 6 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE OBAMA-CHAVEZ LOVE-IN. It's easy to understand why the likes of Justin Webb gets so excited about the Obama Presidency. The hard-left ideology that underlines Hopenchange resonates precisely with that running through those employed by the State Broadcaster. Despite a short period in power, Obama has managed to cuddle up to just every tyranny in the world. Naturally this excites the BBC, and so when Obama embraces Venezuelan thug Chavez - smiles all round. It's incredible to compare the unrelentingly favourable coverage Obama gets from the BBC compared to the unrelenting hostility Bush got. The BBC's troupe of in-house comedians still make jokes at the expense of Bush but when it comes to Obama, silence. So long as Obama is being nice to Iran to Cuba, to Russia, to those poor oppressed Palestinians - all is well in the BBC garden. We observed the same during the Clinton era but Obama has already demonstrated his much more extreme leftism and that ensures he becomes the poster boy for those who dare to claim they are an impartial news gathering organisation. Comments: 4 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Friday, April 17, 2009 David Vance # OBAMA TO REGULATE CO2. Here's a lovely item which positively glows with praise for the wise Obama as he decides that he needs to "regulate" the "pollutant" that is CO2 apparently. The idea that CO2 is NOT a pollutant - a view held by many prominent scientists - does not get a mention. First Obama regulates the banks, and now he wants to regulate the atmosphere. Comments: 26 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance #