Bias on Question time during an important time


If anyone watched Question Time tonight they may have noticed that for a crucial programme which would inevitably focus on the F/F's strike and at the height of an eight day stoppage, the panel was clearly slanted towards those who are opposed to the strike. Never, have I seen such a biased and right wing panel: the panel read like a roll call of the bad: Peter Mandelson, , the mad: ,the Mail rag writer, Melanie Philips, the Tory, Teresa May and the 'sitting on the fence', nice guy, Lib Dem, Simon Hughes. Where was Mark Thomas, Monbiot, Hilary Wainwright, Maggie Clarke, etc?..

The audience was just as bad, despite over 40% + of people still supporting the strike, the loaded audience ensured that the 'hurrahs' for Mandelson et al's comments echoed much more loudly than that of the cheers for Andy Gilchrist. The fire-fighters leader unfortunately had to struggle to challenge the panels attack and respond to a baying audience, with only limited success. The firefighters are known to use Question Time as a key indicator of public support and the onslaught from the panel and audience nd even the text mesages will not have helped morale at all. IMO, this is a dirty media war and the f/f leadership have to become much more media savvy, the Rally/Demo next Saturday should help begin this process.


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