More lies: the BBC does not offer courses in ‘government image and communications’
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October 28, 2013 at 2:45am
It only offers/provides training in journalism. For the BBC to give courses in ‘government image and communications’ would be like the gamekeeper doubling up as poacher. They’re on a different side of the fence.
So where are those 10 ‘senior government officials’ (to quote Kurt Sansone at Times of Malta) going, unless they are really going to the BBC to take a course in something else like journalism (free training for Super One), how long is the course, which hotel are they staying at, what was the bill for flights, and what is the entire cost to the public purse of this jaunt for ex Super One hatchet-people?
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Instead of regurgitating the police report or statement without attempting to verify facts through other sources, Kurt Sansone should get in touch with his BBC “colleagues” and ask a few questions.
Moreover, I just cringe at the thought of this group of “journalists” strutting their stuff at BBC. By the end of their stay, the staff there will definitely have a great impression of Maltese people. Gott bless.
Imagine the PN doing this. They would have been paraded on Super One for an entire week. LP full of hypocrites, liars, sleaze, corruption, you name it.
The timing is brilliant – just when the BBC is in the eye of the storm over its anti-government bias and Grant Shapps has questioned its monopoly on licence fee money.
Government has become one huge Labour Party club, where its members are frantically grabbing all possible, or created, opportunities, to line their pockets and live the life through public funds – qieshom qabda mgewwhin.
Fejn hu l-Awditur Generali?
It is amazing how people change their attitude at the drop of a hat. I am talking about Peppi Azzopardi and his show Xarabank.
Before March of this year he would jump at the opportunity to present a show immediately something relevant happened in this country.
Since the new TV season started, not a word on the goings on of Emperor Mallia, Konrad and his wife, all the well paid jobs for One reporters, the deal for the new power station and electricity supply, etc.
Now an old friend and ex work colleague of Peppi’s is being harassed by government officials and the police, and is-sur Azzopardi is silent. What a self-serving hypocrite.
Kemm kienu jghidu li il-Gvern huwa laghqa tal-barranin. Immagina ufficjali mill-gvern ta’ Cameron jigu jiehdu kors mill-PBS!
No problem. All expenses will be covered by Manuel Mallia selling one more Malta/EU passport to yet another crook.
Hello Daphne,
This morning I noticed something odd in the Times comments board under the article regarding Norman Vella. Yesterday a Mr Buhagiar replied to a comment by a Mr De GIovanni Saying “have you ever heard of copyright by any chance ?”. After that there were a lot of comments asking Mr Buhagiar if he actually knew what copyright meant. This morning the word copyright in Mr Buhagiar’s comments has been changed to Data protection, making the rest of the comments critisizing Mr Buhagiar look out of contest ? Who is fiddling with the publics comments?
[Daphne – I saw that, too.]
I think that you can edit your own comments.
Daphne, a while ago there was a column in the Sunday Times arguing that if held by police, one should NOT ask for a lawyer as that would invalidate certain rights of the person held. But no-one else seems to have said anything about it, and popular wisdom has always been to ask for a lawyer. Since it seems like we’re headed for interesting times, could you get someone to explain this to your readers?
From what I could understand, the fact of you calling a lawyer constitutes “lawyer assistance” and after the said call the police can interrogate you however they want without the presence of the said lawyer.
So basically you do not ask for lawyer assistance and if you incriminate yourself during interrogation, you nullify your statement by arguing that lawyer was not present during interrogation.
That’s how I understood it – in my opinion the law was introduced by Messr Debono NOT to safeguard the citizen but to create a loophole in the system.
In the US, it is in fact the police who have a duty to inform you about your rights when subjected to interrogation or police custody.
– You have the right to remain silent;
– Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law;
– You have the right to consult with a lawyer and have that lawyer present during the interrogation;
– If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you;
– You can invoke your right to be silent before or during an interrogation, and if you do so, the interrogation must stop.
– You can invoke your right to have an attorney present, and until your attorney is present, the interrogation must stop.
This is known as the Miranda warning, from the Miranda v. Arizona case, where the US Supreme Court held that a person held for interrogation must be informed of those rights in order to prevent self-incrimination.
Those lines have been used in many American movies.
Which further explains why it was all on the hush-hush. They’re clearly expecting a move back to their ‘proper’ jobs at the end of the current legislature, and so continue to feather the Labour nest blagging some free training on how to actually do them. All courtesy of Joe Public, xi hlew!
What we got is a Government of LIARS.
It’s about time some decent parliamentary questions – the above included – were asked by the Opposition.
Are you kidding?
They must be taking notes on what is acceptable for when they get back in power.
Even though the Opposition is being taken for a ride whenever they put questions that are either not being answered or answered in an unsatisfactory manner. Wake up PN and keep on asking the same questions over and over again until you get a clear reply.
None of the BBC academy’s standard courses are about government communications.
The academy offers bespoke courses, tailored to trainees’ needs. They’re aimed at the broadcast industry, not government officials.
The BBC offers courses in how to become a high commissioner/ambassador. Mr Hamilton made it.
Perhaps Mr K Farrugia will soon be appointed to Lilliput. Ramona Attard for Grease?
please send me your email address. Thanks
[Daphne – dcgalizia@gmail.com]
Logic tells me it would be cheaper to fly the trainer to Malta
Labour don’t approve of flying trainers to Malta, even when they’re here to teach the civil service how to use concise English:
http://charlescrawford.biz/blog/help-i-ve-entered-a-parallel-universe-
“BBC to give courses in ‘government image and communications’ ”
This is the UK not North Korea! Are you nuts PL?