Friday, 29 September 2017

The BBC are "getting their retaliation in first

I have no doubt that the BBC may have received some threats to their Political Journalist  Laura Kuenssberg  but should that prevent reasonable people from questioning  thier impartiality?

The Evening Standard  claim that
The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg has been subjected to yet more vile abuse by internet trolls accusing her of “playing the victim” after it emerged she has been assigned a bodyguard for protection.
The corporation's political editor was assigned a guard for Labour conference after an 18-month campaign of abuse by online critics.
And while some said the news marked a new low for trolls who target high-profile people on social media, others launched yet more attacks on Kuenssberg.
Some even accused her of making the story up to get attention, while others said she deserved the abuse.
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Laura Kuenssberg: The journalist has been subjected to a torrent of abuse (BBC)
One troll described the story as “manufactured drama” and another wrote: “It's utter rubbish. She's not being threatened by anyone. Yet another Tory biased @BBCNews stunt.”
“It looks very much like the BBC trying to play up her victim status and employ obvious bodyguards (and then run a news story about it) so they can look all self-righteous,” wrote another.
“It's just not believable that Kuenssberg would actually be in physical danger there.”
Other critics of the BBC journalist have gone as far as to suggest she deserves threats of violence because of her “bias” reporting and “lies”.
But if you receive the above Tweets most of them seem to be accepting the threats but  still questioning  Kuenssberg's claim to impartiality.
The BBC's Nick Robinson (a former chair of the Oxford University Conservative Association) and who received a great deal of criticism over his coverage of the Scotish Independence Referendum where he was accused of lying. has also  tried to discredit independent media by saying that criticism of the BBC is so persistent that it's negatively affecting public perceptions of mainstream media, and also accused independent media of living in a "social media bubble".  
This from 
It seems that the BBC are "getting their retaliation in first" as the Party conference season continues  and that they intend to portray  any criticism however well argued as Trolls,
Indeed i find it strange that members of the public can be vilified in the same  for attacking Politicians and main stream journalist . Whilst the SUN, Mail and Express can use language that many of us who do comment would avoid.
We need to ensure that Social Media commentators  should behave appropriately but tarring all with same brush, serve the  establishments agenda and that only they can lie and make abusive comments without facing any consequences.



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