Thursday, 25 February 2010

DID YOU FORGET SOMETHING BEN?

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On tonight's PM Ben Wright reported on immigration and the coming election. His piece on the BBC News website shadows it closely, but not exactly. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8537786.stm
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There has been much criticism on the Biased BBC website of Evan Davis's BBC1 programme on immigration, with comments saying that it concentrated almost exclusively on Eastern European migration rather than the far trickier topic of non-EU immigration. Is this indeed the BBC's general strategy?
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Well, here's an extract from the BBC website version of Ben's report:


Jo Twyman, from the polling organisation YouGov, said: "There are opportunities for minor parties such as the BNP and UKIP.

"It could be important in a marginal seat but it depends on the very specific make-up of that seat.

"If it's a seat that has suffered badly in the credit crunch then again that's something - that if it's linked in with immigration - that could be important."

Compare that to what Mr Twyman actually said on PM:


"There are opportunities for minor parties such as the BNP and UKIP.

"It could be important in a marginal seat but it depends on the very specific make-up of that seat.

"If there's a high ethnic minority population then that may be something to play on. Alternatively, if it's a seat that has suffered badly in the credit crunch then again that's something - that if it's linked in with immigration - that could be important."

Spot the difference!!

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