From: Eric Wood, Holme Road, Market Weighton, East
Yorkshire. Yorks Post.
THE
exhaustive media coverage of the recent death and subsequent funeral of Nelson
Mandela provided far more heat than light to aid our collective wisdom about the
man. The BBC in particular, but not exclusively, devoted endless hours to his
elevation to virtual sainthood.
Political
leaders from across the world including David Cameron attended his funeral. This
was in curious contrast to the same David Cameron who had previously accepted a
free holiday to South Africa paid for by the former South African government
that he is now so desperate to distance himself from.
Any
reporting of Mandela that did not worship him as a deity would not have been
given air time. Yet this same Nelson Mandela was a known and convicted terrorist
and a leading member of the Communist party in South Africa. A Marxist terrorist
closely linked to the IRA, he led the African National Congress into a more
violent and pro-Moscow movement.
The
ANC’s terrorist wing, known as Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), led by
Mandela, began a campaign of murderous bombings in 1961. Following his trial in
1963, he was convicted of leading a terrorist conspiracy and sentenced to life
in prison. Even with Mandela in prison, the ANC continued its murderous attacks,
forming well-documented alliances with both the former East German secret
police, the Stazi, and the IRA, who taught Mandela’s friends the fine art of
planting bombs.
None
of this was reported as it didn’t fit the script. Instead, we were told to
revere a man who had bravely led his country. This was not balanced reporting,
it was pure propaganda. After all, the Government and the media must never let
the truth get in the way of a good story.
