BBC/GUARDIAN COMPLEX - REDUX.
>> MONDAY, AUGUST 08, 2011
Both suggest it was Tory cuts wot done it....to youth clubs, jobs and police finances. Compare the beginnings of the articles:
'Was Saturday night an orgy of mindless violence or a cry of rage from a marginalised, disaffected part of society? Riots polarise opinion and instant analysis is a dangerous game.'
From the Guardian:
'I don't know what could have been done to avoid last night's explosion of resentment and criminality. But I'm grimly confident of its potential elsewhere. Instant punditry on such events is a perilous and often irresponsible pursuit.'
and compare these two final words from each article....just how similar are they?
from the BBC.....
'Would that alone have stopped the violence on Saturday night happening? Unlikely. If police had come out of Tottenham police station and spoken to protesters would that have been enough to ease tensions? Hard to say. Any number of things can spark a riot; especially if temperatures are already running high.'
from the Guardian:
'Could the worst have been avoided? Might the police or the Independent Police Complaints Commission have made a better job of anticipating such trouble and so defusing it in advance? I don't know what the answers are, but feel grimly confident that such an awful, perfect storm of rumour, resentment and criminality could break in a dozen other parts of inner city London any day. These are nervous times.'
Monday, 8 August 2011
An eagle eyed B-BBC reader notes;
From the BBC:
As we frequently observe here, the BBC is simply the broadcasting arm of the Guardian. The only difference is we are FORCED to pay for one.
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