LE CORNU & THE STATE MEDIA: ITS NOT WHAT YOU DO - ITS WHO YOU ARE DOING IT

Another Team post today and on a very topical subject. For here at 'Not The State Media!' we believe very few people would not agree that when Deputy Nick Le Cornu pressed 'send' on his recent Tweet about Deputy Kristina Moore's announced return to politics he suffered a serious judgement malfunction: the terms used were as staggeringly ill-chosen as the 140 character medium was ill-suited. Yet be all of this as it may the public cyber-lynching of Le Cornu that the JEP, BBC Jersey and ITV have whipped up since is a phenomena that upon closer analysis also shows Jersey's MSM for exactly what it has become. Put bluntly an Establishment poodle collective that reports failings involving public figures entirely differently according to which side of the political fence they graze on. 

'Not The State Media!' demonstrates this truth for the reader below with a quick and very easy Top Ten of modern era Establishment member clusterfrucks - a few where our own ex-politician Trevor has even been on the receiving end of the shenanigans - and all of which Hacked Off confirms the State Media knew about! (We've left out some ongoing outrages involving Crown Officers for obvious reasons). Nevertheless we would suggest that looking beyond the understandable social sensitivity regarding cancer every one of them is far more serious in impact than Le Cornu's foot-in-mouth moment. Yet through all ten of these triple X rated Establishment horror shows there was not a single MSM push for resignation in sight. And certainly no day-after-day saturation coverage to portray the culprit as something slightly less pleasant than rabies. Indeed, in some cases there was not even a media report of the incidents. 

Yes, unless you are an Establishment goon so thick you are caught out 'live on air' telling a Leftist to slit his wrists you can always trust the State Media to pretend it never happened. It's called 'the Jersey Way' - a most unique form of white wash...

No. 1 - Bailiff Philip Bailhache's 'scandalous' 2008 Liberation Day speech

Now here is a man who really could have a political clusterfruck Top Ten all to himself! For if we went back just a few more years you could choose from his illegally banning Senator Syvret from the States for six months for telling the truth about the LLP scandal; or even the infamous Roger Holland abuse affair. Not to mention the Jervis-Dykes paedophile cover-up. But at No. 1 in our Ministerial era book who can forget the then Bailiff telling the victims of Haut de la Garenne that horrible as the buggering, torture and even forced abortion of vulnerable children in the States' care might be the 'real scandal' was the critical coverage from the world's media! Yes, child protection failings just seem to follow Bailhache around like an albatross. He should have resigned. He should have been sacked. The calls for either should have been unprecedented. But they were not. Come 2011 the JEP and chums were even all but running his election campaign. Shameful. 

No. 2 - Home Affairs Minister Deputy Andrew Lewis' and the 'damning' report that wasn't

A classic example of how the Jersey MSM 'State Media' really works - few outside the readership of Citizens' Media will even be aware of Walker regime glove puppet, Deputy Andrew Lewis signing the death warrant on Chief of Police Graham Power's career in 2008. Yes - Home Affairs Minister Lewis told the States he had 'no option other than to suspend Power due to the 'damning' contents of the Metropolitan Interim Report. Only trouble was... no such 'damning' report existed. Lewis had simply lied. Contrary to the denials Hacked Off says the State Media were aware of this - yet did not even report the outrage - and now Lewis is set to stand for election again in St. Helier 3/4! Not only should he have been kicked out of the States Lewis should have been prosecuted. Yet perhaps, readers, people should vote for Lewis - just so he can finally be grilled about his lies? Though obviously not by the MSM!

No 3 - Housing Miniser Deputy Sean Power & the theft of a vulnerable female colleague's private correspondence  

The first of two 'Top Tenners' for a serial offender who incredibly now wants people to elect him as a Senator! Power shamefully stole what he knew was highly personal private correspondence between Deputy Carolyn Labey and former Senator Syvret. Not just this but he also supplied it to third parties including other States Members and caused it to be published on an infamous internet hate site. Contrary to his lies Power denied his thievery for weeks - in fact only 'owning up' when he was caught out by his electronic States Member's code. More serious than Twitter-Gate? 100%. He should have been charged with theft but was not: even getting away with just a farcical 'regulatory' breach of the Data Protection Law. Three years on the correspondence Power so shamefully stole is still up on the internet!

No 4 - Attorney General William Bailhache lying about his selective prosecutions under Article 39A

Just weeks after his brother and Bailiff Sir Philip had faced a well deserved vote of no confidence brought by Deputy Shona Pitman Attorney General William Bailhache prosecuted her and fellow JDA member Deputy Geoff Southern for assisting a number of elderly and disabled people to complete application forms to register a request to later receive a postal vote. It was widely known that several other non-JDA candidates had breached the same Article - two in fact within the same St. Helier No 2 district as Pitman and Southern. Yet in the States Bailhache initially lied to politicians claiming the pair were the only ones who had done so. Until Trevor Pitman produced a copy of a police witness statement naming one of the other candidates and an email from Bailhache to Shona proving him a liar. There should have been MSM outrage. Bailhache should have been sacked. Neither happened of course: abusive, selective prosecutions are all part of the Jersey Way and getting more brazen by the passing year.

No 5 - Senator Terry Le Main fraudulently crying 'fraud'

Part Two of the incident referred to above. In 2009 upon an intervention by Senator Syvret the Bailiff finally made then Housing Minister Terry Le Main retract what was a malicious and truly disgraceful slur even by his gutter standards i.e. that 'electoral fraud' had been committed. Pretty rich given that Le Main resigned in disgrace from the old IDC after it was announced he was to be charged with 'Forgery and False Uttering' following the scandal of a faked signature of an old lady on his planning application form. Of course the State Media didn't report Le Main's disgusting behaviour at all - only the fully understandable JDA reaction to it in highlighting the Minister's own past and hypocrisy. The JEP who had already been deliberately misleading their readers with the same sick lies subsequently pathetically claimed their reporter 'must have nipped out' from the press box and thus missed it. 

Establishment Party Training Instructors?

No 6 - 'Cruel' and 'violent' allegations - but two Education Ministers fail to put children first

Another scandal arising from the child abuse investigation at No. 6 we have the late Senator Mike Vibert and his successor Deputy James Reed.  Everyone must, of course, be viewed as innocent until proven guilty. However as victims came forward - eventually culminating in multiple open court allegations within the trial of the Jordans that the (September 2014 retired) Director of ESC Mario Lundy had been 'the cruellest and most violent of them all' both Ministers buried their heads firmly in the sand. Instead of replicating the claimed 'neutral act' of suspension in the same way Chief of Police Power had been until a Committee of Inquiry could take place both Vibert and Reed wagged their tails to the aggressive 'they'll have to get through me' bark of CEO Bill Ogley. The CEO supposedly initiated an internal investigation. No one, however, has ever seen it. The silence from the MSM was again deafening. 

No 7 - Senator Philip Bailhache flying and lying over confidential documents

Newly appointed External Relations Minister Sir Philip Bailhache had preached about the need for respect in his 2011 election campaign. Here however as a key mover in the campaign to transform the abuse victim within the Dean suspension saga - HG - into the villain (he actually even used the term 'abuser') Bailhache showed his true colours once again. Caught out by two travellers who contacted the then Deputy Trevor Pitman to complain how they had been able to read confidential and intimately detailed documents regarding the victim Bailhache was reading in full public view on a flight Bailhache's reaction was as shameful as it was predictable.  The two travellers and Trevor were 'malicious' and 'liars'. Taking the two to confirm what they had seen to the Chief Minister should have seen Bailhache sacked. But Gorst did nothing of course - just like his lackeys in the MSM.

No 8 - Black marks all around for Senator Philip Ozouf

Now here's an Establishment politician so prolific in clusterfruck he almost caused a falling out within the 'Not The State Media! team. And we apologise - for we finally had to cop out and settle on a composite entry for the Machiavellian One. Many would say that the Lime Grove House scandal and the unsavoury forcing out of Mr Flowers should be included here. Likewise what many saw as the driving out of the hugely respected Comptroller Auditor General. Others would cite the unpleasantness that made State Treasurer Ian Black both ill and ultimately quit his post amidst allegations of bullying. Then there was the Bill Ogley fiasco and even talk of 'anger management'. Throw the recent Royal Bank of Canada/Post Office debacle into the mix and what comes out loud and clear is that the MSM State Media whom Ozouf has played like a flute for years let him get away with it time and time again. Just as they will regarding a botched and incompetent 2015 budget that could have such dire consequence for the poor the Senator's policies treat with so much disdain. Like Bailhache he's simply one of their untouchables.

No 9 - Senator Ian Le Marquand & the 'scoop' that should have seen him in the poop

In March 2010 Home Affairs Minister Senator Ian Le Marquand gave another telling demonstration of just why Citizens Media bloggers are now the only trusted media in Jersey. Appearing before the ESC & Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel the Minister was asked by the Chairman about the delay in producing the Wiltshire Report. This was a key report eventually manipulated to support the illegal suspension of Chief of Police Graham Power. But the Minister did not want to answer. You see he had - he told the stunned Scrutiny members - instead promised a 'scoop' on what was happening to a reporter at the JEP! Incredibly such behaviour from the Minister was to become the norm when upon the Wiltshire Report's final publication the then Deputy Pitman was refused a copy of the report and told he could not have one until after they had been given out to the Minister's media chums! 

No 10 - Sean Power - more emails & more despicable behaviour at Planning

In 2013 Power colluded with his chums at the JEP to get a front page story falsely claiming the Deputies Shona and Trevor Pitman were 'getting preferential treatment' from Deputy Rob Duhamel regarding a minor planning application; even spreading the further lie that it had been made on the wrong form. Consequently asked publicly by the Minister to apologise for these lies Power was left seething. Not only did he try to claim to the Pitmans that the JEP alone had created the story 'deliberately twisting his words'. But thanks to one disgusted recipient it was revealed that though Chairman of the Applications Panel Power had also been illegally emailing their application form (personal details inc) around to his Option B cronies like Philip Bailhache and Kristina Moore. As Hacked Off verified the email from Power was even given to the MSM. But once again the editors ensured they kept silent. 

PostScript - The 'Jersey Way' rolls on...

Now in 2014 Deputy Power stands accused of clusterfruck yet again: a man convicted of making a death threat phone call  - and caught on a recording making more such threats (one Jon Sharrock Haworth) also claims Power provided him with personal information regarding Citizens Media stalwart Rico Sorda's pregnant wife! Jersey's State Media are well aware of this deeply disturbing allegation too. But with it being one of their boys going for Senator we'd wager you are hardly likely to see the MSM reporting on it. 

If Nick is 'nasty' Sean is surely 'shameful'?

So there we have it. Ten quick examples that demonstrate in Jersey media 'outrage' can and will be turned on and off like a tap according to who the person screwing up happens to be. The message arising from this is clear: if you want integrity - if you want the truth stick with Citizens Media!

Posted by 'Not The State Media!' 12/09/2014