Posted on 07/20/2003 2:11:43 PM PDT by demlosers
If various people take it unto themselves to decide that they are morally superior, to their government,where does it end?. The same thing goes for the military- if a volunteer force. Can anything work, if individuals mouth off as soldiers?. Kelly should have had the guts to quit. Could have quaffed a cold ale in a decent pub somewhere- then sought solace with his wife.
Or perhaps he was simply misquoted. That's what he told Parliament's official inquiry.
You know, if the BBC thought the he would forever remain an anonymous source, they could, if they were morally void, claim that he said any number of things.
It's not certainly not without precedent for a newspaper reporter to fabricate quotes, as Jayson Blair and Walter Duranty demonstrated with such abandon...
I hope the jerk is marooned with Mrs. Howell
Please don't use the words Clinton and mouthpiece in the same sentence. It's very Monica like.
Yes, a new- or is it the 1960's style distortion for "truth" exists today. We may find out whether the BBC destroyed Dr Kelly. I will still stick to my original points though. He walked right into the lions den. This is to anyone who values their job. To the press, say nothing. Better safe than sorry.
How do you jeopardize a sullied/leftist reputation?
One thing to remember, this clown was an anti war/peace at any price/peacenik type who didn't mind breaking the law to bash his government's support of the United States.
But what do you is the reason for Kelly's suicide then?
So how can they be on the ropes? (I think the government has not finished with the Spin). Everone knows (NOW) that the story of WMD was hyped around the world; London, Washington, Canbera and Madrid.
This guy could not tell the goverment comittee that he had told the BBC the truth, I think that's what he ment by dark forces in the backround. Now it looks like the BBC is lying.
I would not be suprised if they threatened to fire him, cut his pension and through his backside in jail if he told the "whole truth" at the government commitee.
This could make a proud, honest man do the worst, he must have been eating himself up inside, ready to boil. He wanted to tell the truth, but to do so would destroy his family, he would be in prison and his daughters and wife would have no pension, with packs of press at the door every day.
One of the e-mails he sent to a colleague just before he killed himself asking; why had the MOD (Ministry of Defence)leaked his name. He did not ask why had the BBC lied in the story or changed the story, no the e-mail blamed the MOD for the pressure.
I do not know if any of you can find any of the back issues of Drudge or Anti war etc. for the headlining newpaper stories that said "they"(the British Government)would find the mole where ever he was, and he would feel the full wait of the government.
Well they found him and he certainly felt the full wait of the government.
In Iraq, if anyone had done what Mr Kelly had done under Saddam, they would have been shot, however in England the Government (with the help of the tabloids)just pressures you until you break.
And we are trying to export our democracy to Iraq !!!
God help us All.
I doubt it, the BBC is not some tabloid, like the Sun or the Daily Mirror.
I think Mr Kelly was pressured to tell the commitee what the govenment wanted Mr Kelly to tell them, with the threat of Prison, no pension etc. etc.
They shamed the man into submisson.
The whole point is, who is stronger the government of the BBC, the government actually thinks it can tell the media what to discuss and what not to discuss.
Which is a sad state of affairs and cannot be allowed to happen. We critize it when it happens else where in the world and we should critizise it now, Loudly.
I doubt it, the BBC is not some tabloid, like the Sun or the Daily Mirror.
I think Mr Kelly was pressured to tell the commitee what the govenment wanted Mr Kelly to tell them, with the threat of Prison, no pension etc. etc.
They shamed the man into submisson.
The whole point is, who is stronger the government of the BBC, the government actually thinks it can tell the media what to discuss and what not to discuss.
Which is a sad state of affairs and cannot be allowed to happen. We critize it when it happens else where in the world and we should critizise it now, Loudly.
Or maybe it was the Rasputin PR man, Tony Blair and Jack Staw that were not men enough to stand up and say they errored.
Why ?
Because they would lose their high paying, high profile jobs and would have to go back to working in mudane jobs.
They are not independantly rich like a lot of your conservative politicians in the UK or the US government.
Be careful about you conclusions as the UK government is still spinning.......
Is it me or was that tough to glean from this article? On the other hand, I had no trouble deciphering the fact that a senior correspondent working for Sky News was let go for fabricating a story.
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