oracle/is/seeing

THE CONTINUING DECLINE AND DISREPUTE OF LOCAL POLITICAL MEDIA. The disproportionate platform given here to the continuing psychodrama within political Unionism by BBCNI, UTV & certain sections of the printed press is now at alarming levels. Serious questions need to be asked from Nationalist political representatives, particularly about BBCNI who are funded by taxpayers to the tune of £59 million per year. The framing of political discussions by BBCNI, is not remotely proportionate or reflective of the wider community here in the North of Ireland. Particularly in terms of their highest paid broadcaster whose standard of programming is now borderline disgraceful... The largest Political Party here is NOT any of the three Unionist Parties, who receive highlighted and disproprtionate coverage every day on the local airwaves. The largest Political Party here is an Irish Republican Party with a massive mandate, which may increase still further in the next Assembly Election. Today's latest Lucid Talk Poll has just revealed that 98% of Sinn Fein & SDLP voters believe that Michelle O'Neill was correct to block the Garvaghy Road last month. Was that significant public opinion reflected in any way whatsoever by our local media outlets in the past month? The answer is a resounding NO... Instead, regular political programming here has wilfully allowed those politicians to be labelled as "lawbreakers" even though nobody has yet been charged with any offence, let alone convicted. Unionist politicians from the DUP, TUV & also Jon Burrows from the UUP, have been given free reign to paint a picture which is heavily contested by at least half of the electorate here. The situation has declined alarmingly in the past number of months & the large electorate from a Nationalist background here deserve equality of coverage, particularly from a taxpayer funded broadcaster. HENRY JOY. @bbcni @UTVNews @bbcradioulster @bbcnewsline @BBCgmu @PaulClark_UTV @StephenNolan @sinnfeinireland @SDLPlive @duponline @uuponline @TUVonline