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Wow. This is shocking.
Seldom do I watch newsnight but I did actually watch this piece - but for them to claim it made no difference is a flat out LIE.
The whole way they played it was “the more we tried to make contact the more harsh they got with us”
i.e. by showing reference to the terrorism act in reverse order aimed to show a progression in the hostility toward this film maker when that was clearly not the case.
This is quite disturbing - from an independent broadcaster you might expect it - but NOT from the bbc.
This is actually quite an outrage.
Is there anyone we can trust these days?