FACTS FOR THE MEMORY....
>> SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
that President Nixon coined the phrase the "silent majority"
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Here is an interesting exchange you should read....
On 7th April on the TODAY programme, champing at the bit to link David Cameron to Richard Nixon for his use of the phrase ‘the great ignored’, M/s Berg falsely claimed that Richard Nixon coined the phrase “The silent majority”.
The phrase 'the silent majority' was actually coined by De Gaulle's Prime Minister Pompidou after De Gaulle called parliamentary elections in 1968 and saw his party achieve the first absolute majority in the history of the French Republic (clearly not something the BBC would wish to link David Cameron with). The compiler of our B-BBC digest Graeme sent a complaint to the BBC 8th April and copied it to the Conservative Party. He received a reply 15th April from BBC Complaints Correspondent Liam Boyle which compounded falsehood upon falsehood.
See Graeme's response below:
Dear Mr Boyle,
Thank you for your email.
Firstly, I note that when I submitted my complaint via your website no reference number was generated or automated email acknowledgement sent. This is very bad practice for dealing with complaints and is an indication of the bad faith in which an endemically biased BBC acts.
What, in my view, starkly characterises the bad faith of today's BBC and its contempt for democratic values is your following direct falsehood:
Sanchia Berg's report for the 'Today' programme on April 7th did not claim
Sanchia Berg's exact words once more: "Over 40 years ago Richard Nixon coined a new phrase 'the silent majority' ... "
I transcribed these words carefully from the recording you carried on your website. Of course, you only carry these recordings for 7 days. I wonder if it is a coincidence that you only respond to my complaint with this direct falsehood after this recording has been removed?
Fortunately, the recording still comes up under a search (see below) and I was able to confirm the 100% accuracy of my transcription. As someone who adheres to the democratic standards the Gramscian BBC has such contempt for, I do not use the word "lie" to describe your direct falsehood as I do not have the incontrovertible proof necessary that it was intentional. However, on the basis of the systematic bias of theBBC over the years I have every reason to believe it was.
Mr Boyle, you're dealing with someone who as a Tribunite member of the Labour Party in 1979 thought the only real bias at the BBC was towards the left and was against it as it was bad for democracy. I am absolutely certain that Mr Cameron does not have the moral bottom to deal with the threat the Gramscian BBC poses. I'm sure you can continue to pursue your subversive ends with such patent falsehoods with impunity till the Gramscian left has finally brought down British democracy, which I'm sure it will. What you will never escape though is that there will always be people like me willing to remind you what your moral choice in life says about you as a human being.
God bless,
Graeme...
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