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**Damien** · 04-06-2012, 22:30

Sky News and, to a slightly lesser extent, BBC Television News have been quite dismissive and patronising towards Republicans over this weekend. I was watching Sky News yesterday and they stopped just short of open derision when discussing them. There was no attempt to present them as anything other than a bunch of crazy mean-spirited lunatics. I am not a Republican but you would expect news organisations to cover them fairly, they may not be a large minority but their views are hardly outlandish or out of order.

Credit to BBC Radio (5 Live and 4) who seemed to be canvassing ant-Royal sentiment alongside the pro-Royals and not doing it in a mocking fashion.

04-06-2012, 22:30	#61
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,943	Re: Are you a Royalist ? Sky News and, to a slightly lesser extent, BBC Television News have been quite dismissive and patronising towards Republicans over this weekend. I was watching Sky News yesterday and they stopped just short of open derision when discussing them. There was no attempt to present them as anything other than a bunch of crazy mean-spirited lunatics. I am not a Republican but you would expect news organisations to cover them fairly, they may not be a large minority but their views are hardly outlandish or out of order. Credit to BBC Radio (5 Live and 4) who seemed to be canvassing ant-Royal sentiment alongside the pro-Royals and not doing it in a mocking fashion.