Imagine interviewing a
spokesman for ISIS after the Paris massacres or Oswald Moseley after the
capture of Belsen - BBC Heads Should Roll
It seems that the BBC’s idea of
Balance is to give equal weight to the Right and the Far-Right. How else to
explain the BBC’s decision to interview, on the day of the New Zealand massacre
of 50 Muslim worshippers, a spokesman for the fascist Generation Identity,
Benjamin Jones?
It was akin to asking ISIS for their
views on the Bataclan
massacre in Paris or the Manchester
bombing. There was no possible justification for presenter Richard Watson interrupting
a report on the massacre by White Supremacist Brenton Tarrant to interview Jones.
Jones whole purpose in the interview
was to provide a justification for what happened, to explain the background
from the point of white supremacists whilst distancing himself from the
massacre itself. What was worse was that far from challenging Jones, Watson
allowed him to develop and elaborate his points. Watson opened by explaining
that
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| Richard Watson - BBC Interviewer Completely Folded when attempting to challenge Benjamin Jones |
‘His (Brenton Tarrant) document is titled The Great Replacement, a reference
to European culture being subsumed by immigration. That’s precisely the same
phrase used by European group called Generation Identity which campaigns
against immigration and Islam. Generation Identity uses similar arguments to
those found in the New Zealand document. I spoke to its UK leader, Benjamin
Jones [BJ], today.
Firstly BJ was allowed to make the unsubstantiated assertion that they
are ‘fundamentally opposed’ to the
American alt-Right when in fact there is no substantial difference. Both are ethno nationalist groups.
BJ: Generation Identity is fundamentally opposed to what we call alt-Right
tendencies and the vast majority of what we find in this manifesto we classify
as alt-Right. It’s simple as that.
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| Benjamin Jones |
Then BJ was given the opportunity of
condemning the violence, which of course he did. Watson, in typical
Establishment-speak talked of ‘extreme
and offensive’ views. It is irrelevant whether they are extreme or
offensive, what matters is their content. There is nothing wrong in being ‘extreme’ or indeed offensive. It depends on whom you are being offensive to. The views
espoused were overtly racist, a word
that Watson never once used.
Jones was allowed to get away with
talk of ‘the typical Muslim’. Just
imagine if he had said ‘the typical Jew’.
There would have been uproar because there is no more a typical Muslim than
a typical Jew or a typical Christian but Watson as with the BBC in general, is
completely incapable of challenging racism since the BBC continually gives
racists like UKIP a platform.
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| The BBC's Reporters are so Useless that they don't mention that Replacement is nothing but Refugees fleeing our Violence |
Jones was then allowed, twice, to
explain that this violence was ‘inevitable’
because you could not have different peoples mixing. It as if BBC reporters have
learnt nothing over the past 30 years. This was the argument used repeatedly
against Jewish and indeed any form of immigration. It was a lie then and it is
a lie now. But the pathetic Watson could only ask Jones to elaborate.
Jones spoke about ‘radically different points of view’of
Muslims without ever being challenged
to explain this nonsense. Indeed at no point did Watson, even once challenge
any of the arguments or tropes of Jones. One can only presume that the reason
for that is because the BBC operates within the same right-wing consensus of
Generation Identity. That is why Nigel
Farage is such a regular guest on Question Time. True it is just a bit more civilised but
there is no fundamental disagreement. The interview continued:
RW: So you absolutely condemn
his use of violence?
BJ: We condemn the use of violence in all circumstances and contexts.
RW: But Generation Identity
does have very extreme and offensive views especially about Muslims.
BJ: As far as the typical Muslim is concerned their way of life is
completely incompatible with the lifestyle of the average person in this
country lives. I see instances such as this as inevitable if we continue to put
different peoples with different perspectives, radically different points of
view in terms of how we conduct our lives as human beings together and I think that
will come from extremists across the spectrum which is why it is so important
that we continue to advocate the advantages of a homogenous society.
Instead of challenging any
of the above Watson throws a softball question.
RW: You just said that violence
of this kind is inevitable if this kind of immigration continues. That’s a very
serious thing to say.
BJ: It’s something that all sorts of people have been saying for
many decades. This goes all the way back to Enoch Powell.(inaudible) We don’t
want it to happen. But we are fundamentally bringing people from parts of the
world who have a radically different perspective of how to conduct their lives
as human beings to the typical Westerner. That is inevitably going to lead to
conflict.’
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| Tommy Robinson's supporters outside the Old Bailey last year |
The first thing a Labour Government should
do is to remove the Establishment’s control of the BBC. We need an exodus of
the Tory boys and girls – Laura Kuensberg, Andrew Neil and Andrew Marr for starters.
When was the last time the BBC employed a socialist or radical political
commentator?
Although her usual timid and
hesitant self, Chakrabarti at least raised the question on
the Andrew Marr show. Perhaps she should
find the same fire in her belly that she displayed when arguing for Ken
Livingstone’s expulsion. See
