On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:57:29 -0500, "Li-Changchun"
wrote:

Tory fury as BBC sends hecklers to bait Howard
By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor

The BBC was last night plunged into a damaging general election row after it
admitted equipping three hecklers with microphones and sending them into a
campaign meeting addressed by Michael Howard, the Conservative leader.
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The BBC has turned into a Socialist leftwing propaganda machine.


Home Service BBC Three, not the World Service, FWIW)

Tory anger over BBC heckler show

Mr Howard was heckled at a meeting near Bolton
The Conservatives have demanded a BBC apology over a programme which
it says encouraged heckling at a meeting where Michael Howard was
speaking.
The Sunday Telegraph says the Tories accused the BBC of "serious
misconduct" after producers equipped hecklers with radio microphones.

But the corporation said it was making a legitimate programme on the
history and art of political heckling.

However, it said it would be investigating the complaint thoroughly.

Slogans

In a letter to Helen Boaden, the director of BBC News, Guy Black, the
head of Conservative communications said the event was "pre-meditated"
and intended to embarrass Mr Howard and disrupt his speech.

He said hecklers at the meeting in Horwich, near Bolton, had shouted
out slogans such as "Michael Howard is a liar" and "You can only trust
Tony Blair".

Mr Black said staff were in breach of BBC producer guidelines.

But the corporation said the producers were making a programme for BBC
Three called The History of Heckling.

In a statement it said the producers had observed hecklers at the
meetings of other parties and that the hecklers were not under the
direction of the BBC.

"The incident at the Michael Howard meeting only plays a small part in
the overall programme," the statement said.

"However, we will be investigating the complaint very thoroughly and
will be replying in due course."