You are referring to Rochdale. There is a TV series on it (3 episodes) called Three Girls recently. I would recommend watching it.
For those located in the UK, can access it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...es-1-episode-1
One of the bigger reported failings was apparently more to do with Victim Blaming (Poor, Council Dwelling, 'Scum of Society') than the PC-ing of accusations against the Pakistan-British perpetrators, though there might be elements of that too.
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This isn't that case though. Nor is it operationally related. Or strategically. There have been other sex case cover ups too, involving the BBC entertainment wing among other institutions. But these institutions have largely been cleaned up, and I'm confident enough that further cases will be dealt with competently. So, what does your cited example have to do with this?
At least one of the two Barking ones was a second gen, coming to the UK as a kid after his parents claimed asylum from Pakistan (from what?). The Ireland one is a first gen, claiming asylum fro Morocco (from what?).
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But they didn't...
CNN asked Police to transplant a select number of protesters away from the main protest to a secluded area where they set up their cameras - the actual protest happened and the people on camera were protesters - claiming CNN staged the protest is grossly misrepresenting what is a very common practice by News agencies (protests are often loud and not conducive to interviews/filming).
The only thing CNN did wrong was to not clearly state this is what they had done - and lets be honest here the press are all guilty of not disclosing stuff like that (Fox and the interview with that private detective a few weeks ago is a good example)
Sure, tney just suddenly apeared
sigh lets try this again.
They didn't just appear - they were part of an actual protest with a lot more protesters - there are plenty of still pictures of the full protest if you look.
CNN decided they didn't want to film at the protest location due to lighting and sound issues. They set up their cameras away from the protest and asked the Police to move a select group of the protesters (an Islamic Mothers group) to their location so they could be filmed. The group agreed to be moved and the Police obliged. This happens all the time with protests.
CNN's mistake was not making it clear they had moved the protesters which is a pretty big Ethics breach but isn't staging a protest by a long shot.
You will just have to excuse me for simply not buying it, As I don't
Muslims not seen protesting - “Why aren’t you guys denouncing terrorism?”
Muslims seen protesting - “Aha, a staged protest!”
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Frags:
By definition, all protests are "staged" even if spontaneous. It is a form of public speech.
Staged does not automatically equate with insincere.
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Again, strong and stable.
for pete sake Frag you are always on at us to fact check...
http://www.snopes.com/cnn-muslim-protests-london/
Your wrong - it was not fake - your sources are peddling their own propaganda which you are swallowing whole
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For consideration, maybe they meant really well and just didn't want anybody to get hurt. There is a line between reporting and being talking dolls though, you just can't be both and expect to be taken serious
CNN failed
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Quite telling as well, that the usual suspects have not opened a new thread about the Tehran terror attacks yet.
Time to insert a nice link: http://theantimedia.org/us-reaction-isis-attack-iran/
Conversely, when a terrorist attack rocked London this week, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May swiftly pushed us to believe that the cause of that terrorist attack – and the previous one in Manchester — had nothing to do with British foreign policy, but instead, was rooted in a deep, evil ideology that hates us for who we are. Apparently, ISIS hates us for our “values” and our “democracy”; and Western foreign policy shares no role in creating the conditions for these brutal attacks to occur.
How long can this narrative realistically hold now that we see that the Islamic Republic of Iran is also the victim of ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks? Does ISIS also hate Iran for its “values?” Iran’s “freedom?” Iran’s “democracy?”
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There’s a reason why Donald Trump’s popularity surged last year when he claimed that, if elected, he would focus more on America and less on expensive and costly wars in the Middle East. There’s a reason, too, why England’s Jeremy Corbyn is surging in popularity — he is the only one speaking the truth about the root causes of terrorism and the proper way to address it.
[...]
Comparatively, in the most recent terrorist attacks in the U.K., the attackers have vocalized a clear link between British foreign policy and their decision to launch an attack on British soil, as has all too often been the case in the past.
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