FROST was on a loser before he sturted The beginnin of Yorkshire Television" Global Village debate he announced that hi own station had found that 56 per cent of people they nterviewed wanted the troops out.
That wasn'T the end of the Boy David's problems.
Puzzled viewers saw Frost suddenly appear to explain that it live stall ramme was not live at and that they comedy cereal remarks Ruairi O'Bradsich, a leader of the Sinn Fein.
The blatant censorship came after fred MPs whe Kevin Stan Orme.
William Von Straubensee and John Riggs-Davison Browdcusting horit about O'Bralaigh's appearance.
Alterwards they tried to pretend to the press that hey had immediately alked out when they BLET O'Bradaigh was appearingut according to Berna dette McAliskey, who was in the studio audience, it wasn't like that at al.
They sat right through O'Brudsigh's remarks. was only when they found The Official Unionist MPs had walked out before the programme started that they began to look Finally Big-Davison shuffled and followed behied hims."
Socialet Challenge 24 May 1979 page 10 Stan Orme - ran out Of course they didn't Censor Alan Pirie the military leader O' Bradaigh gagged Ulster Defence Association who was in the audience, nor Glen Barr of the same d Nor did they bolber t cut out the comments of Conor Cruise O'Brien who was able to rant on about "the Godfather'.
despite Frost's desperate attempts could not muttle Bernsdette, a determined moiner ram ine Action Committee or young ex-soldier. came out with the same sense b the problem Pre message: Britain's censorship the countles is told British Media and Ireland, i formation rod re lund.
The pamphler explains how events like thut on the Global Village ramme come about.
'When it Northern Irelund pressure consists of not just constant.
standard letters ol opposition to the Inde pendent Broudeusting An thority and the offending contracting company, but personal meetings between Rothere nd the sect.
tary of State and the Chief Constable of the RDC.* (Peser Taylor-Thames Television reporter.)
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