Griffin, Collett and the press “BNP chief’s Muslim slur” ran this morning’s headline in The Sun. “THE racist leader of the British National Party branded Asians rapists and muggers at a secret meeting, a court heard yesterday. Nick Griffin whipped up hatred against Muslims by claiming gangs of them were targeting white women, a jury was told. He even claimed the sex attacks were part of their RELIGION, it was alleged.” That is what passes for balanced reporting at Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper. No doubt The Sun’s libel lawyer cleared this nakedly hostile line on the basis of those four little words, “a jury was told”. Regardless, it remains a disgrace. Generally, though, it is an impression of the thinness of MSM reporting that one takes away from a survey of the trial coverage todate. The Mirror can hardly be bothered to say anything at all. The Daily Mail plays it straight. The Guardian, the Telegraph, the Times are all factual in their approach but major, predictably, on the prosecution case. Since I refuse to pay for the pleasure of reading The Indie, I can’t comment in detail on its reporting of the trial. But judging from the opening two paragraphs, which is all you get free of charge, the signs don’t look good.
Overall, though, one is left with the impression that the trial is, for whatever reason, of little news value. One wonders whether that is a reflection of the weakness of the prosecution case, given that “white hate crime” stories usually run for months, even years. Thankfully, there is always the good old BBC. It has reported every day that there has been something to report, and managed to conclude its piece today with this journalistic sleight of hand:-
Not quite in The Sun’s class, but pretty low for the nation’s own broadcaster. Today Mark Collett finished giving his evidence. Nick Griffin will be in the witness box tomorrow, when the press might be able to escape from the hooks of that other, much more exotic but scarcely more politically interesting event. One last point on the reporting of the prosecution case. Of Griffin’s remarks taken from that fateful speech recorded by a BBC mole, one that has been picked out repeatedly by the headline writers is that Britain has become a multiracial hell-hole. With this shocking slur on our always, of course, vibrant countrymen in mind I decided to check a local newspaper in a likely hellish area. Could Griffin possibly be right? So to South London, as reported by the South London Press. The first story on the on-line news-log tonight is headlined “He tortured me and threw my own blood in my face”. It is certainly hellish:-
Then we have the equally odd little tale of Nada Zakaria, a lady doctor. So one must hope never to fall ill in Tooting.
Next up, the brave decision by Southwark Council to close the ghastly, architecturally modernistic pedestrian tunnels under the Elephant & Castle.
The fourth story on the news-log is one that has seen a good deal of trial coverage featuring on the national broadcast and print media. It concerns four young people - a black boy and girl and a white boy and girl, the later pair very obviously colonised by local black street culture - kicking and stamping a homosexual barman to death in October 2004.
There are many more pages of the South London Press to trawl through if further evidence for Griffin’s assertion is really required. It isn’t, of course. His isn’t a controversial claim. Everyone except the race replacement artistes like Ken Livingstone has always known it. The well-worn adage about sensibility-laden liberals never venturing into contact with multiracial reality just doesn’t ring true. To me, it looks much more like a case of hypocrisy than ignorance. Comments:2
Posted by friedrich braun on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:03 | # I curious to see the reaction of the Whites Brits should they both get a jail sentence…even a suspended one. At one point enough is enough for the average Brit? 3
Posted by Luniversal on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:54 | # As for Griffin and Collett, you can read worse things about Muslims and their religion on ‘Harry’s Place’, a website run by pro-Iraq War Zionist Jews who claim to be true progressives and liberals, whereas everyone who disagrees are ‘facists’ (usually sic) and ‘antisemites’. Every few days they have a jolly chat about the Prophet Muhammed being a child-rapist. No question of their being hauled into a British court, of course. Nor of their giving equal time to accusations about how Passover bread used to be made. 4
Posted by Desmond Jones on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:54 | # It appears Griffin and Collet were found not guilty.
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Posted by ben tillman on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:52 | # “This is a… measure that delegates the use of force to citizens….” I always get a kick out of this argument. Citizens aren’t responsible enough to possess weapons, but their votes determine who *is* allowed to possess weapons. Post a comment:
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Posted by Pericles on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:28 | #
This, from the BBC, might redress the balance in some way!
Italy approves self-defence law
The Italian parliament has passed legislation allowing people to shoot robbers in self-defence.
The law permits the use of guns and knives by people in homes or workplaces to protect lives or belongings.
The reform was introduced by the Northern League party, a right-wing member of the ruling coalition with a strong anti-crime platform.
The opposition voted against the bill, which critics say will encourage people to take the law into their own hands.
Controversy
The new law will allow people to use legally registered weapons to protect themselves or others, and their property and the property of others, from harm.
It applies if there is a danger of aggression and the attacker does not desist.
Justice Minister Roberto Castelli backed the new law.
“Today criminals will have more to fear while there will be fewer problems for honest people,” said Mr Castelli, who belongs to the Northern League.
However, the centre-left opposition expressed concern that it would encourage violence and lead to increased use of firearms.
“This is a… measure that delegates the use of force to citizens with the sole certain result of increasing the risks for people’s safety,” said Paolo Cento of the Greens party.
A criminal lawyers’ group also criticized the law, saying it amounted to allowing “legitimate offence”.
Pericles