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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 20:53:30 GMT
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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 20:57:02 GMT
So the BBC finally posted a report on its News website about the Telford grooming scandal at 14:42 this afternoon Monday,
Pressure had been building on them to do so - from Nick Ferrari on LBC to eminent mainstream journalists like Ed West and Jane Merrick on Twitter:
Ed West: The scale of this across England is simply staggering, far worse than I thought possible, almost too horrific to comprehend. I can't think of anything in modern British history that comes close. 'The fundamental rule of political analysis from the point of psychology is, follow the sacredness, and around it is a ring of motivated ignorance'. Not only is the Telford story not on the BBC news front page, it;s not mentioned in the England news page and not even on the Shropshire page. Bizarre.
Jane Merrick: Yes I looked for it last night. Searched “Telford”, nothing. It is very weird and I’m not normally a critic of the BBC.
Ed West: Considering how many talented people work at the BBC, people who understand news so well, I find it very hard to believe they're not omitting it for reasons to do with racial sensitivity. The enormity and horror of is just staggering.
The only place you'll find that article now is on the BBC's Shropshire page.
By several accounts, it never made it to the the BBC's Home page, or UK, or even the England page and people are now accusing the BBC of burying the story.
According to BBC Radio Shropshire's Jim Hawkins, however, the story isn't news:
Jim Hawkins, BBC: Well, there's nothing new to say apart from the renewed call for an inquiry. BBC's covered the story in depth and detail for many years.
Millennial Woes: Yes, there is something new to report. 1000 victims.
Jim Hawkins: Not new, says the police.
Update: A much more detailed take on the themes of this post can be found over at The Spectator in a new piece by Douglas Murray headlined The BBC’s shameful silence on the Telford sex scandal.
And historian and Radio 4 presenter Tom Holland has just tweeted the following:
If the Sunday Mirror's story is true (& I don't know, is there a case that it isn't?), then Douglas Murray is quite right: the silence of BBC News on the rape of 100s of girls in a single English city is indeed shameful. Obviously, I totally get the need to tread with sensitivity. Nevertheless, what greater responsibility does a society have than to protect its most vulnerable children from systematic abuse? And shouldn't our national broadcaster have a role to play in that?
And extending the question beyond the BBC, here's Andrew Neil responding to a tweet from Caroline Lucas MP:
Caroline Lucas: Pleased that my Urgent Question on bullying and harassment in House of Commons has been granted. I'd ask MPs please to ensure that their focus is on those affected. This is not about settling old political scores.
Andrew Neil: Wouldn’t the appalling sexual abuse and exploitation, including rape and terrible violence, in Telford involving hundreds of vulnerable young women over a long period, as impressively revealed by the Mirror, be a more appropriate use of an Urgent Question?
Posted by Craig at 18:41 1 comment:
Labels: Andrew Neil, BBC News website, Douglas Murray, Jim Hawkins, Tom Holland
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 12, 2018 20:57:14 GMT
Rather sad to see the state broadcaster contribute to rape culture in this manner.
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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 21:07:53 GMT
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Post by mids on Mar 12, 2018 21:08:15 GMT
I almost posted this earlier but in the end, I just couldn't be arsed. I think I'm suffering from fatigue of too many stories about the grooming and sexual exploitation of children by "night time economy workers". It's appalling but it just seems like it's "part and parcel of living in a" small midland/northern city. I was looking for it on the BBC website either yesterday or the day before and it wasn't there after a search for "Telford". I can't remember what the top story was (by date) but the second top was about the fire brigade rescuing a dog that was stuck on the roof of a house. BBC priorities.
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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 21:16:55 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 12, 2018 21:17:28 GMT
Hardly Tracey Beaker, is it?
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Post by mids on Mar 12, 2018 21:21:12 GMT
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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 21:34:51 GMT
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Post by mids on Mar 12, 2018 21:36:46 GMT
If only it had been the Telford Conservative and Unionist Association...
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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 21:43:42 GMT
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Post by unclejunior on Mar 12, 2018 22:05:48 GMT
Still vince Cable or Stomzi will be along in a minute to explain why it's all our fault.....embrace the vibrancy !!
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 12, 2018 22:20:53 GMT
Still vince Cable or Stomzi will be along in a minute to explain why it's all our fault.....embrace the vibrancy !! Now you’re being an idiot, you do realise? |
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Post by mids on Mar 12, 2018 22:32:34 GMT
They rapers were probably traumatised by Grenfell.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 12, 2018 22:35:31 GMT
Whereas Mids has never stopped being a troll.
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Post by voice on Mar 12, 2018 22:41:02 GMT
perhaps we need a random link to some white criminal or nonce same as what happens on threads about white crims where we see such random links to brown cims....?
silly me, that whataboutery is only acceptable if mids, scoob or UJ do it. As you were.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 12, 2018 23:10:23 GMT
What’s really sad about this (imo) and possibly the reason the Beeb is looking the other way, is that the only reason some people care about this (see UJ and Mids) is the racial angle. Which makes what is a pretty f**k**g important issue, be tucked away it of sight.
Instead we need to discuss what drives some men to do this kind of thing, what makes them think it’s ok and what makes them feel entitled to women’s bodies in this manner.
It would be nice if we could start to see sensible discussion on the matter but seeing how this thread has focused on who isn’t covering the story instead of the actual story, I doubt it.
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Post by voice on Mar 12, 2018 23:20:05 GMT
why does it even matter if the BBC posted a story earlier than it did, it still reported it. Though given the ones bemoaning this have little care for the victims and these nuances only matter to them for entirely transparent reasons.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 12, 2018 23:48:10 GMT
why does it even matter if the BBC posted a story earlier than it did, it still reported it. Though given the ones bemoaning this have little care for the victims and these nuances only matter to them for entirely transparent reasons. Well I actually do think, considering a story of this magnitude then it’s a little pathetic of the Beeb to bump it for so long. #metoo and all. However I agree that the actual story here is not the Beeb, it’s the widespread abuse of girls by men who feel entitled to do so. |
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Post by mids on Mar 13, 2018 6:22:53 GMT
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