*****MUST READ***** **** BBC Ex Business Editor Slams State Broadcaster’s Anti-Scottish Independence ‘Propaganda’ **** The BBCs former Business Editor, Paul Mason, has launched a stinging attack on the British state broadcaster over its coverage of the Scottish independence campaign. Mason, who worked for the BBC for 12 years before becoming Economics Editor at Channel 4 News in 2013, wrote on his Facebook page that, Not since Iraq have I seen BBC News working at propaganda strength like this. So glad Im out of there. Later in an official blog written for Channel 4 News Mason again attacked coverage of Deutsche Banks warnings that an independent Scotland would lead to a 1930s economic depression in Scotland. In an article, published Saturday and titled Deutsches Wall Street Crash Prediction Goes Ueber Alles On the Airwaves, Mason highlighted previous warnings of doom by the same bank, but which were ignored by the German government, over the consequences of introducing a minimumwage for German workers. Mason concludes that Deutsche Banks warnings, issued by its Head of Strategy, David Folkerts-Landau, are nothing more than an opinion and open to debate. As I write this I hear the words Deutsche… Scotland… Wall Street Crash are being read out by newsreaders on our venerable state broadcaster, Mason added. Other opinions are available. Edward McDowell, a former Risk Manager at Lloyds Banking Group told RIA Novosti that the warnings issued by Deutsche Bank were misleading. They do not take account of Scotlands strong fiscal position or well established institutions and I believe is another example of misleading information, McDowell said. Deutsche Bank also received criticism from one of its former senior managers. I think people need to remember that this is the bank that failed to forecast the crash in 2008 and what they are saying now is preposterous, said Ian Blackford who previously ran Deutsche Banks operations in Scotland and The Netherlands. RBS and others have said there is no risk to jobs or investment in Scotland. It is about moving the brass plates and the fact is that this all about the UK governments panic over the real possibility of it losing the union, Blackford added.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:00:33 +0000
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