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Laura Kuenssberg thought she’d caught out the man who confronted Boris Johnson. Paul Mason set her straight.

Emily Apple by Emily Apple
18 September 2019
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On 18 September, Boris Johnson was confronted by an angry parent while visiting a children’s ward.

The parent said the situation was “not acceptable” and told the PM:

There are not enough people on this ward, there are not enough doctors, there’s not enough nurses, it’s not well organised enough.

The NHS has been destroyed … and now you come here for a press opportunity.

But that canny political editor at the obviously totally unbiased BBC, Laura Kuenssberg, thought she’d caught the man out:

Turns out the man who challenged the PM is also a Labour activist

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 18, 2019

Enter Paul Mason

Luckily journalist Paul Mason was on hand to set the record straight:

Thanks for reporting that. It shows that our party of 500,000+ people is everywhere, among people suffering as the Conservatives destroy our health and welfare systems, and that even chosen at random they can make the PM look like a pillock…

— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) September 18, 2019

Because whether or not the man is a “Labour activist” is totally beside the point. And unlike Johnson using sick children as a press opportunity, this parent confronted him because he has a sick child in the hospital:

https://twitter.com/OmarSalem/status/1174301286692532224?s=20

It gets worse

Kuenssberg then sent out a tweet identifying the parent to her 1.1m followers:

This is him here https://t.co/77Hqqo9Avz

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 18, 2019

Although the parent had tweeted that himself, people pointed out to Kuenssberg what the impact of her highlighting him might be:

Jesus, what on earth are you doing? You have a large, privileged platform. You shouldn’t use it like this.

Do you ever wonder why people question your impartiality?

— Rachael Swindon #WeAreCollective (@Rachael_Swindon) September 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/Pieford/status/1174331330978635777?s=20

Other people highlighted what the real story is:

Your journalistic prowess should allow you to notice that people have a go at Bohnson wherever he goes. That a parent of a sick child in the ward when Bohnson arrived supports Labour isn’t the story. The state of the NHS is the story. Does his politics demand he keeps quiet?

— 💥Guido Tallman💥 (@GuidoTallman) September 18, 2019

Others questioned:

https://twitter.com/JennieMacfie/status/1174323708946763778?s=20

The bottom line is that the parent of a sick child confronted the PM because he happened to turn up at the ward where his sick child is being cared for. Yet somehow a BBC journalist thinks providing evidence of his activism somehow negates his views or his experiences.

This really is a new low, even by the BBC‘s abysmal standards.

Featured image via screengrab and Wikimedia/Marta Jara

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