Task Force Tells "Express" & "Citizen" to 'Doctor' NewsThe town's two local newspapers, the 'Burnley Express' and the 'Burnley Citizen' have been told to change the way they report "race related news" by Stuart Caddy's Task Force.Both papers have been instructed to develop a new strategy "for reporting local issues which could contribute towards racial tension." The criticism implies that the two papers were neither 'fair or accurate' in their reporting of the disturbances in June and needed to change the way they present the news. Neither of the two papers were prepared to comment on these findings this morning. "Developing a new strategy" means doctoring the news. "Local issues which could contribute towards racial tension" are reports that show ethnic minorities in a bad light, or the British National Party in a good light. National Union of Journalists guidelines already instruct journalists to on how to deal with BNP related issues. The NUJ code is ruthless in demanding either no publicity or negative publicity for the British National Party. The NUJ instructs its members to always "report the party in a negative way" and "actively seek out opponents of the BNP to counter their argument". The "Express" and "Citizen' have little room for manoeuver here as they are already highly critical of the BNP, so it appears that the task force wants the paper end the reporting of news items that show the town's ethnic communities in a bad light. It's another 'censor agenda' for the editorial staff to follow to ensure that the town's news is sanitised before it is ready for consumption by the residents of Burnley. Long gone are the days when you bought a newspaper just to read the news! |
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