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| BBC editor insults anti-war activist |
| 2010-10-27 |
| [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 |
| #7 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. Finally a statement I can agree with. |
| Posted by: Uleger Barnsmell4617 2010-10-27 15:12 |
| #6 Don't you know who I am?! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-27 10:48 |
| #5 ahh LOL Journo rage. Good on you Nick Robinson, you've done that on behalf of the secret desires of tortured hacks the world over who have to put up politely with the worst scum of the human condition in their pursuit of trying to put together a good story for the public good on you |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-10-27 08:17 |
| #4 Red on red. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-10-27 06:01 |
| #3 heh, heh. Man bites dog. Didn't give a @(*% about the cause, only his broadcast. Does that sum up our "intellectual elites" or what? |
| Posted by: Martini 2010-10-27 05:46 |
| #2 TV luvvies have the phrase 'never work with children or animals' but for some reason the news reporters haven't adopted the slogan 'never do a live outside broadcast'. The viewers don't pay any attention to what the reporter's saying, they're just watching the crowds and passers-by, wondering which one will be the first to do something stupid to try to interrupt. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-10-27 02:46 |
| #1 The elites get really angry when the little people try to interfere with Adult Time. A hundred years ago Nick Robinson would have horsewhipped the scoundrel. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-10-27 00:12 |