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April 24, 2005

Keepin' it Real! w/the BBC

No big deal... the BBC just hired hecklers to disrupt a Tory rally:

The BBC was last night plunged into a damaging general election row after it admitted equipping three hecklers with microphones and sending them into a campaign meeting addressed by Michael Howard, the Conservative leader.
The Tories have made an official protest after the hecklers, who were given the microphones by producers, were caught at a party event in the North West last week. Guy Black, the party's head of communications, wrote in a letter to Helen Boaden, the BBC's director of news, that the hecklers began shouting slogans that were "distracting and clearly hostile to the Conservative Party".

These included "Michael Howard is a liar", "You can't trust the Tories" and "You can only trust Tony Blair".

Mr Black's strongly-worded letter accused the BBC of staging the event "to generate a false news story and dramatise coverage. . . intended to embarrass or ridicule the leader of the Conservative Party". The letter said that BBC staff were guilty of "serious misconduct". At least one of the hecklers was seen again at a Tory event in the North East, Mr Black added.

Last night, the BBC claimed that the exercise was part of a "completely legitimate programme about the history and art of political heckling"

Uh-huh.

... and said that other parties' meetings were being "observed".

Oh, well, if the others were being "observed," I can certainly understand paying hecklers to disrupt the Tories.

However, The Telegraph has established that none of Tony Blair's meetings was infiltrated or disrupted in similar fashion.

Shockingly enough.

The Conservatives have called for an apology and an assurance that no such incident will occur again. It has also demanded that the BBC promises never to broadcast the footage. The corporation said it would investigate "very fully".

Very fully. They've already tapped Paul Volcker and Richard Thornburg to head up a blue-ribbon ad hoc fact-finding panel.

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Guy Black, the party's head of communications, wrote in a letter to Helen Boaden, the BBC's director of news, that the hecklers began shouting slogans that were "distracting and clearly hostile to the Conservative Party". These included "Michael Howard is a liar", "You can't trust the Tories" and "You can only trust Tony Blair". Mr Black's strongly-worded letter accused the BBC of staging the event "to generate a false news story and dramatise coverage. . . intended to embarrass or ridicule the leader of the Conservative Party". The letter said that BBC staff were guilty of "serious misconduct". At least one of the hecklers was seen again at a Tory event in the North East, Mr Black added. Last night, the BBC claimed that the exercise was part of a "completely legitimate programme about the history and art of political heckling" Uh-huh. ... and said that other parties' meetings were being "observed". Oh, well, if the others were being "observed," I can certainly understand paying hecklers to disrupt the Tories. However, The Telegraph has established that none of Tony Blair's meetings was infiltrated or disrupted in similar fashion. Shockingly enough. The Conservatives have called for an apology and an assurance that no such incident will occur again. It has also demanded that the BBC promises never to broadcast the footage. The corporation said it would investigate "very fully". Very fully. 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