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The protest network
: Harry complains, with good right, about the BBC once again soliciting viewers’ photos from an anti-U.S./anti-U.K. Iraq demonstration.
Have they ever asked for, say, photos from the soldiers who are off in Iraq defending freedom?
That same section, in 2002, gave Tony Blair free reign to argue why they needed to invade Iraq.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2512151.stm
Even if they have the photos they don’t always run them. I remember this focus group that didn’t get much coverage either.