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BBC editor insults anti-war activist
[Iran Press TV] The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson was reporting an anti-war protest event in Westminster when he lost temper with a protestor holding a placard which read "Cut the war not the poor" before stamping it, British media reported. When challenged over his overreaction to a peaceful anti-war rally, which has been captured on camera and uploaded to the internet, Robinson said he was "not even remotely ashamed". Robinson claimed that the placard wielder had been interrupting his broadcast, but the footage shows a protestor shouting at the BBC editor: "You should be ashamed of yourself". Confronted after the incident by the camera-wielding activist, Robinson remarked: "I'm not remotely ashamed of myself." But a posting on his blog revealed he has since softened his stance. "I have a confession," he wrote. "I grabbed the sign and ripped it up - apparently you can watch video of my sign rage in full glorious Technicolor on the web. I lost my temper and I regret that. "However, The infamous However... as I explained afterwards to the protesters who disrupted my broadcast, there are many opportunities to debate whether the troops should be out of Afghanistan without the need to stick a sign on a long pole and wave it in front of a camera." The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) claims itself to be an independent media outlet which exercises impartiality as far as the government policies are concerned. Although it has been trying to pretend that it reports the truth but its crew members are failing to remain as impartial as they are supposed to be. Posted by: Fred 2010-10-27 |
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