[Subject: legal advice re an independent Scotland and the EU]
"When Alex Salmond replied to a question from BBC journalist Andrew Neil last March, little did he know that his answer was the primer for a political time-bomb. It exploded last week ... and some. When Paul Martin called Mr Salmond a bare faced liar it was a signal for one of the most concerted media campaigns ever witnessed in the UK. Not since the Megrahi issue when so many political opponents, commentators and journalists lined up to attack Alex Salmond have we seen such a co-ordinated campaign.
With the smoke clearing and the verbal shrapnel having settled, we can now see clearly the damage that has been inflicted. Mr Salmond’s reputation has taken a hit, no question. Nobody, not even Gandhi, could emerge unscathed from such an assault on his character. However there is another victim in this kaleidoscope of half-truths, verbal contortions and semantic mis-interpretations – the BBC.
Newsnet Scotland has spent this weekend recording and analysing the output from the state broadcaster and this article reveals a shocking, one-sided view of the issue with Unionist commentators dominating the airwaves. Politicians, journalists, broadcasters and commentators who appeared or were quoted were so overwhelmingly pro-Union that BBC Scotland’s coverage of the affair ended up little more than a one sided festival of propaganda."
Read full Newsnet Scotland article ("The Echo Chamber – Lies and the lying liars" 28 Oct 2012) with accompanying clips HERE
