The issue with the Media is actually so bloody scary. I remember at the height of the IRA bombing campaigns when Britsh people were being killed and maimed and the Government tried to impose a ban on the media reporting what Gerry Adams had to say. So the BBC used actors to read his words out. You could argue that they actually went out of their way to ensure that a man leading an organisation that was blowing up people on British streets got a hearing.

And yet we hear nothing from the likes of Putin. Who has given plenty of speeches?

Our media has literally gone from being willing to make sure even people who were blowing up kids on British streets were given a hearing to now. When a foreign war can only be reported based on what one side says.

Where are the UK journalists trying to interview Putin? To get the Russian side of the story? To be really giving both sides of the story. There is actually a British journalist, a guy called Graham Phillips who has been reporting on events from the Donbass since 2014. And who is currently being sanctioned. Hitchens writes about it in the Mail. It is incredible to find out that our own Government will sanction a British citizen for the crime of reporting what it does not like...(about half way down)...

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We literally have no independent mainstream media now. Truly scary. Terrifying really. Everything we are told the West is meant to represent is actually now gone.

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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

You forgot to mention that said government were in secret talks with said leader- so you prefer them to know the details-but not the public who vote for them? Thank god they did use actors voices to get one over on maggie, , the truth was out and thankfully led to the Good Friday Agreement, saving untold lives on all sides of the water!

Did I say the BBC was wrong to do so? No. I have a personal view on the IRA and the likes of Adams, which is not a positive one to put it lightly, but my point was that the BBC still went out of its way to make sure they got a hearing.

And if you believe in an obligation of the media to present fair and balanced reporting, then it is hard to disagree with what the BBC did. What I am questioning is when that stopped being important? Especially with regards to this current debacle?

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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Apologies, it seemed you were saying the gov banned him from speaking-and his organisation blew up kids on the mainland, and the bbc went out of their way to get his message over- even though he might have been mentioning atrocities the british army were doing in his own country! But like I said- i"m happy with the democratic outcome as it sdtands-although its about time the parliament in NI got up and running, it will be good to see if liz can get on with Michelle! On your bbc censorship Ukraine point, cant you aim that at all broadcasters here to? Even sky, that left wing conduit to the masses? We have already shut down RT, which could give the other perspective on the war, did you agree with that?Did you speak up that it was undemocratic? Did it change your opinion on bungle and his ilk? Just curious.

I certainly can aim it at others but unlike the BBC, I am not forced to pay for them. With one of the arguments leveled at people like me who oppose this licence fee compulsion being that it is the only way to ensure a news outlet retains the ability to report fairly and offer all concerned parties a voice. I am saying that whilst the BBC did that for Adams, and going specifically out of its way to do so, it has not offered similar for the Russian side in this current conflict, presenting, at times, an unashamed bias.

I am interested in the why around that.

And yes, banning RT was an utter disgrace. Shocking censorship.

Proof that the West is no longer any kind of bastion of free-speech.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

We agree Matov!