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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-pitfalls-of-wrongthink/amp

 

I’ve just read both articles a couple of times and I’m not seeing a massive difference in the reporting between the two
The big difference I see are the quotes which are more negative in the article about the statue protecting protesters than the other one
But the overall reporting tone is similar

 

Excellent article thought provoking and true

 

Me neither ... and it won't let me open it without subscribing!

 

Opening lines from each article...

13/6/20 Statue demonstrations

Police have been attacked by demonstrators in central London, where thousands gathered despite warnings to avoid protests.

Groups including some far-right activists congregated in the capital, claiming they were protecting statues from anti-racism activists.

Boris Johnson said "racist thuggery has no place on our streets" after officers were seen being punched and kicked.

Some peaceful anti-racism protests also took place in London and across the UK.

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7/6/20 George Floyd protest

A total of 27 police officers were hurt during anti-racism protests in London, the Met Police has revealed.

Dame Cressida Dick, Met Police Commissioner, said the attacks were "shocking and completely unacceptable".

Protests on Saturday - sparked by the death of George Floyd - were largely peaceful, but were marred later by disturbances outside Downing Street.

One demonstrator, who was not at Downing Street, saw officers "acting very aggressively" elsewhere.


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in first article (statue protection) the police are attacked, in the second (George Floyd protest) the police are hurt.

in the first article, the political bias is shown as right wing, even if it just says “some”... there is no political bias shown to the second.

in the first, the police are being kicked and thumped by racist thugs... in the second, it is the police who are suggested to be the aggressors.

The unlawful behaviour in the statue protest is contrasted with good behaviour of the Floyd protest.


I may be missing something, but I find a difference in the emphasis of the reporting in these articles

 

I couldn't open it either but I thought they were just being racist toward me for being an American.

 

Similarly @DCS222 I can say:

George Floyd: London anti-racism protests leave 27 officers Hurt
and
London protests: Demonstrators clash with police
Are the same main headline which to me sets the tone of the article - Both demonstrations attacked the police

Some quotes - with Boris's usual level of articulation
Boris Johnson said "racist thuggery has no place on our streets" after officers were seen being punched and kicked.
Dame Cressida Dick, Met Police Commissioner, said the attacks were "shocking and completely unacceptable".
Similar initial quotes from the establishment

Factual statement referencing both demonstrations as violent
The Met Police had placed restrictions on several groups intending to protest, including having to finish at 17:00 BST, following violent scenes last weekend.

Arrests and Police injuries - interesting there were more arrests and fewer Police injuries at the Statue Protection Demo v the George Floyd one!
More than 100 people were arrested during the protests in the capital, Scotland Yard said, for offences including violent disorder, assault on police and possession of an offensive weapon.
Six police officers also suffered minor injuries in the violent clashes, a Met Police statement added.
and
This led to 14 officers being injured, in addition to 13 hurt in earlier protests this week.
"We have made a number of arrests and justice will follow. I know many who were seeking to make their voices heard will be as appalled as I am by those scenes.

There was then one part of each article that interested me:
From the Statue Protectors:
Hundreds of mostly white men gathered around the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall and the boarded-up statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square.
There were a number of clashes with police in riot gear as crowds - chanting "England" and raising their arms - surged towards lines of officers.
Some protesters managed to break metal barriers around the Cenotaph on Whitehall while hurling flag poles, a smoke flare and a traffic cone towards police who were striking them back with batons.
Large groups of right-wing protesters then moved to Trafalgar Square, where fireworks were thrown across the crowds.
How much of that is actually not true/factual

Then from the George Floyd Demo
But Asia Ahmed, an activist who attended several of the protests, said "these situations don't come from nowhere".
She told the BBC she had seen the police "acting very aggressively" towards protesters.
Ms Ahmed, who was not at Downing Street during the disturbance, said a "lot of people" she spoke to "feared for their lives when they saw police horses".
"I don't think that was the best tactic to use if you're trying to create a peaceful environment," she said.
This I think is poor journalism - quoted someone quoting someone else is never a good idea, and this Lady probably shouldn't be allowed out without her Mummy - but I can see that from the article and attribute it with the appropriate level of credibility.

So overall I don't see a huge difference between the two..

 

Happy to agree to disagree, I just feel the language, subtle emphasis’s and use of journalistic licence invokes sympathy toward the GL protest and hostility toward the Statues protest and therefore, bias.

 

Treacherous winning lot. Fixed it for you, DD.

 

be very careful putting bbc into a search website...... ;-)

 

I agree again @Smilinjack the BBC are guilty of reporting ..............The News