Complain to BBC over misreporting of attendance at Traf.Sq anti-Thatcher party
Bullshit-Detector | 15.04.2013 08:32 | Other Press
On the BBC News broadcast at 10pm on BBC1 on the evening of Saturday 13th April 2013, the news report about the demonstration in Trafalgar Square against Baroness Thatcher's legacy misreported the number of people who were in attendance at the demonstration, stating that only a few hundred people were present. This was a mistake of such glaring misrepresention that it reeks of an apparant agenda to play down the significance of the level of attendance at the event, which was in actual fact in the region of between 2-3000 people. It suggests a politically biased agenda to downplay the level of feeling against Lady Thatcher and her legacy by the BBC.
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Write in to the BBC on their online Complaints form. The more the better! Don't let them get away with it!
Complain at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online/
When you activate your online Complaint, here are the key details about the News report on BBC-1 which you need to be aware of and have to state in the online questionnaire in order to proceed with the complaint:
Which service is your complaint about? Answer: Television
Which TV channel is your complaint about? Answer: BBC1
When was it broadcast? Answer: 13/04/2013
What time of day did the issue happen? Answer: 22hrs 00mins
Here is a draft complaint which has already been submitted (within the 1500 character limit):
On the BBC News broadcast at 10pm on BBC1 on the evening of Saturday 13th April 2013, the news report about the demonstration in Trafalgar Square against Baroness Thatcher's legacy misreported the number of people who were in attendance at the demonstration, stating that only a few hundred people were present. This was a mistake of such glaring misrepresention that it reeks of an apparant agenda to play down the significance of the level of attendance at the event, which was in actual fact in the region of between 2-3000 people, as now confirmed by the BBC correspondent Tom Symonds, who was at the protest, as published in the BBC's report online - Ref: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22144797
It suggests a politically biased agenda to downplay the level of feeling against Lady Thatcher and her legacy by the BBC. Since substantially fewer people will be made aware of this clarification of actual numbers in attendance at Trafalgar Square on Saturday evening than would have watched the BBC News broadcast on Saturday evening on BBC1, clearly the majority of people who watched the news on Saturday evening will be unaware that misreporting has taken place irrespective of the online clarification. Of course, only a full clarification on a BBC News television broadcast would fully ameliorate the large misperception of the scale and significance of Saturday's gathering which the BBC has either willingly or mistakingly engendered in their original reporting.
Which service is your complaint about? Answer: Television
Which TV channel is your complaint about? Answer: BBC1
When was it broadcast? Answer: 13/04/2013
What time of day did the issue happen? Answer: 22hrs 00mins
Here is a draft complaint which has already been submitted (within the 1500 character limit):
On the BBC News broadcast at 10pm on BBC1 on the evening of Saturday 13th April 2013, the news report about the demonstration in Trafalgar Square against Baroness Thatcher's legacy misreported the number of people who were in attendance at the demonstration, stating that only a few hundred people were present. This was a mistake of such glaring misrepresention that it reeks of an apparant agenda to play down the significance of the level of attendance at the event, which was in actual fact in the region of between 2-3000 people, as now confirmed by the BBC correspondent Tom Symonds, who was at the protest, as published in the BBC's report online - Ref:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22144797 It suggests a politically biased agenda to downplay the level of feeling against Lady Thatcher and her legacy by the BBC. Since substantially fewer people will be made aware of this clarification of actual numbers in attendance at Trafalgar Square on Saturday evening than would have watched the BBC News broadcast on Saturday evening on BBC1, clearly the majority of people who watched the news on Saturday evening will be unaware that misreporting has taken place irrespective of the online clarification. Of course, only a full clarification on a BBC News television broadcast would fully ameliorate the large misperception of the scale and significance of Saturday's gathering which the BBC has either willingly or mistakingly engendered in their original reporting.
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Really...really!!
15.04.2013 09:36
P & L
Lordy Lord
I was also there and would say around 2500 and please express..
15.04.2013 11:34
Barry Cade
No surprise surely!
15.04.2013 14:17
So yes, the BBC have misrepresented the truth and as everybody involved expected that they would do this beforehand, that does equate to an agenda being exercised. Unfortunately this is routine at the BBC (for many, the BBC is completely unreachable).
One can only suppose that this situation has come about because the BBC are the state broadcaster and simply report whatever the government tell them to report. They have a long and illustrious history doing this.
The BBC is simply the TASS of the west.
Nothing more.
Its as bad under Labour as it is under the Tories.
Antonin Siropoloev.
Reality for realists.
15.04.2013 16:12
With standards as low as that...you have to be a Tory.
Parliament Square will hold 5000...FACT.
Our images show Parliament Square to be full...FACT.
The BBC attempted to pass that off as 200...FACT.
The BBC is a sponsored mouthpiece and nothing more...FACT.
What's your problem? (apart from failing to own reality!)
Antonin Siropoloev
Yeah, FULL
15.04.2013 17:53
Margaret Thatcher Death Party - FULL (click on panorama to enlarge)
@Len
BBC acknowledging "2-3,000 people" so don't waste your time
15.04.2013 18:11
We all make mistakes from time to time, but if you're going to post an article on Indymedia please check to make sure it's accurate before hitting "contribute"
If you're going to spend your time doing anything spend it explaining to eg - office workers why Thatcher's attacks on the unions led to most of them working unpaid overtime almost every day of the week
Cannongate
BBC say Trafalgar Square holds at least 12,000
15.04.2013 18:53
So there's no question the BBC a/ were lying, b/ still are lying, because there are more than enough photos showing the Margaret Thatcher Party virtually filling Trafalgar Square, but to be honest if you want to complain to the BBC about anything, that's probably the least best way to actually get them to broadcast your concerns
How about asking the BBC to properly address the relationship between the monetarism of Thatcher's government and the monetarist experiment which Thatcher's friend General Pinochet imposed on Chile... at gunpoint
Chairman, BBC Trust -
Director General -
Fog Horn
Complaint is about BBC News broadcast at 10pm on BBC1 on Sat eve - 13/04
15.04.2013 19:09
Bullshit-Detector
@Bullshit
16.04.2013 07:27
culture
Online Complaint takes less than a few minutes
16.04.2013 10:45
"The BBC won't listen to your complaint because, if they bother to respond at all, all they'll do is to point out the mistake was corrected in subsequent reports. People's energy would therefore be better spent on other stuff"
ReSPONSE: it will take less than a few minutes of your time to do the online complaint... ..there is a principle at stake here, and a sufficient number of complaints may lead to them doing more than just giving out the standard response
Bullshit-Detector
Few minutes
16.04.2013 17:08
T2