Comments on: Nothing “former” about it http://www.redrag.net/2005/09/05/grahame-morris/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julie Armstrong http://www.redrag.net/2005/09/05/grahame-morris/comment-page-1/#comment-10409 Julie Armstrong Wed, 14 Sep 2005 07:23:22 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/09/05/grahame-morris/#comment-10409 Gotta love Media Watch. Mind you, I was less than impressed with Foreign Correspondent's story last night on Northern Ireland - the whole story was extemely biased towards a Protestant slant. Did you see it? The Foreign Corro website has today been flooded with complaints, so it is as least a slight relief to know I wasn't the only viewer fuming at the TV for the lack of balance in the story. I certainly don't doubt there is an element of truth to the 'IRA Inc.' story about levels of corruption within the IRA. However, why the same questions weren't being asked of ultra Loyalist organisations & the Orange Army is a disgrace. Moreover, the IRA interviewees were dehumanised; in comparison the journo beds down with the protestant loyalists she interviewed - going on cosy car trips together, visiting graves of their lost rellies interviewing them in the comforts of their home. I think the ABC owes an apology or a committment to run a follow up story which either provides the perspective from the republicans in Northern Ireland, or does a similar 'exposee,' into the equally dubious activities of loyalist organisations. Gotta love Media Watch. Mind you, I was less than impressed with Foreign Correspondent’s story last night on Northern Ireland – the whole story was extemely biased towards a Protestant slant. Did you see it?

The Foreign Corro website has today been flooded with complaints, so it is as least a slight relief to know I wasn’t the only viewer fuming at the TV for the lack of balance in the story.

I certainly don’t doubt there is an element of truth to the ‘IRA Inc.’ story about levels of corruption within the IRA. However, why the same questions weren’t being asked of ultra Loyalist organisations & the Orange Army is a disgrace. Moreover, the IRA interviewees were dehumanised; in comparison the journo beds down with the protestant loyalists she interviewed – going on cosy car trips together, visiting graves of their lost rellies interviewing them in the comforts of their home.

I think the ABC owes an apology or a committment to run a follow up story which either provides the perspective from the republicans in Northern Ireland, or does a similar ‘exposee,’ into the equally dubious activities of loyalist organisations.

]]> By: Minotaur http://www.redrag.net/2005/09/05/grahame-morris/comment-page-1/#comment-10408 Minotaur Sun, 11 Sep 2005 05:38:21 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2005/09/05/grahame-morris/#comment-10408 Aha! Thanks for clarifying this for me. PWC's press release on Morris (http://www.pwc.com/extweb/ncpressrelease.nsf/docid/01328A728862461ECA2570210018C177) and their plans for government engagement makes for some interesting reading. Is it appropriate for the `independent' body that `independently' gives the government data on its policies to a) be so closely aligned to the government or b) be advised by the same person who previously advised the government on exactly how to approach bodies like, say, PWC? Aha! Thanks for clarifying this for me. PWC’s press release on Morris (http://www.pwc.com/extweb/ncpressrelease.nsf/docid/01328A728862461ECA2570210018C177) and their plans for government engagement makes for some interesting reading. Is it appropriate for the `independent’ body that `independently’ gives the government data on its policies to a) be so closely aligned to the government or b) be advised by the same person who previously advised the government on exactly how to approach bodies like, say, PWC?

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