Reporters see I.R.A. victory
NZPA-Reuter London A 24-hour strike has been called by television journalists of the British Broadcasting Corporation amid the political storm over its decision not to show interviews with an alleged Irish guerrilla leader. Members of the National Union of Journalists in 8.8. C. television voted to stage the one-day strike next Wednesday, when the film had originally been scheduled to be shown. The Association of British Editors declared that the 8.8. C. had handed the I.R.A.
“one more victory in the propaganda war.” The journalists, joined by Opposition politicians and civil rights advocates, denounced the State-chartered body for what they called its cowardice in yielding to Government pressure. “The 8.8. C. governors are acting as Britain’s thought police,” said Robin Corbett, a Labour Party Parliamentary spokesman. “The problems of Northern Ireland cannot be hidden from people behind a blank TV screen. This is a disservice to democracy.”
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