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Thursday 16 April 2009

That's odd, why have the BBC done that?

The BBC's report that
"Civil servants exaggerated the seriousness of Home Office leaks which led to the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green, a committee of MPs has said."
has obviously distressed an organisation eager to move an anti-Tory story up the news agenda. For why else would one of their " DAMIAN GREEN ARREST - KEY STORIES" be "MP arrest officer accuses Tories">. The BBC do also reference reference Bob Quick's subsequent apology:
"The head of Britain's counter-terror squad has apologised "unreservedly" to the Conservative Party.

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick claimed on Sunday the party had mobilised the press against him.

But on Monday he said he had reflected on his comments and apologised "for any offence or embarrassment" caused.

The Tories have accepted the apology for the "deluded comments" from Mr Quick, who is heading a probe into the Home Office leaks to the Tories.

Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve said the apology "draws a line under the matter"."



I also note that two of the other stories that the BBC choose to highlight around this story both try to show their hated Boris Johnson, the man who defeated the BBC's favourite "cuddly" Ken Livingstone, in as bad a light as possible - "Johnson 'F-word tirade' at MP Vaz" and "Johnson evidence 'deep concerns'".

The BBC doing their best to help Gordon Brown's Labour government, but is it beyond help?

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