Ranjith Soysa-Melbourne
From the time the BBC Sinhala service came under Vasantharajah in 80s to date, the contents of its reports on political and war related issues have been supportive of separatist agenda of the racists. In fact, bankrupt leftists, LTTE spokespersons and members of the NGO mafia in Sri Lanka prominently figure in the program even though the vast majority of the Sinhala speaking listeners do not condone separatism. Latest false report filed in BBC Sinhala service announcing that a letter had been submitted to the Secretary General of the UNO by the Catholic Church on the subject of IDPs in the North is a serious matter which merits investigation by all Sri Lankans.
While the defence forces are engaged in a do or die battle in the North to defeat the world’s most ruthless terrorist organization and liberate all Sri Lankans from the scourge haunting Sri Lanka for last 30 years, the LTTE propaganda machinery with its acolytes in the INGOs are busy invoking the attention of international do-gooders to the ‘plight of the Tamil people’. BBC Sinhala Service has jumped the bandwagon hand in hand with the LTTE spokespersons in this instance too in a last ditch attempt to save the LTTE and its mad chief. There is very clear pattern in BBC Sinhala Service’s mischievous report and reports in LTTE related news services as the focus today is on IDPs in the North and, not on the LTTE the cause of the IDPs . The journalists in the BBC Sinhala service have aired the LTTE’s plea in the name of the poor Tamils! But, even the Tamil leaders like Mr Ananda Sangaree know how kindly Prabahakaran has been looking after the Tamil people and their children who are forced today to provide a protective shield to the LTTE.
Sri Lankan –Sinhala- listeners can remember nostalgically the depth and artistry of BBC Sandeshaya in its formative days when it was mainly a cultural radio program. Broadcasters of very high calibre such as D.M Colombage, Karunartane Abeysekers, Badra Guantilleke, Sunanda Mahendra, Nanda Jayamanee, Prabha Ranatunga and Thilak Sudharman De Silva through their learning and skills developed Sandeshaya to a high point in content and listener appeal.
However, with Vasantharajah’s taking over of the program in 1979 – still a million dollar question how he was appointed- one can see a gradual deterioration of Sandeshya to its present political posturing. Vasantharajah ,the present journalists Priyath Liyange whose experience and skills were in health services- and Chandana Keerthi Bandara are well known for their sympathies to the moribund leftist politics and the cause of racist Tamil separatists.
They serve these political masters in a servile manner without giving any consideration to the wishes and the interests of the Sinhala listening public. Most of their programs are more like repetitions of imbalanced news conferences of Colombo based, rootless pseudo- socialist fronts. At the end of the day, Sandeshaya is simply a wastage of very valuable air time while serving the interests of decadent and vicious political movements.
Due to timely intervention by Sri Lankan Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe it was possible to nail the canard spread by the BBC Sandeshaya avoiding possible further spin to the fabricated story by other news media. However, the threat of continuous churning out news reports which are anti- Sri Lanka, pro- LTTE, pro unscrupulous NGO by the two Sri Lankan journalists at the BBC Sandeshaya remains . The issue deserves the attention of concerned listeners and authorities as two partisan, unprofessional journalists, who have no qualms in prostituting this important human endeavour, are at the helm of an important radio program.
- Asian Tribune -
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It is pity that such greedy
It is pity that such greedy and selfish journalists are doing a serious damage to their motherland for some extra bucks.
I came to know from a reliable source that in Sydney a Sinhala radio programme always supportive to LTTE and separatism in SL and three of these journalists involved are enjoying with money coming from LTTE.
Some of the poor members of Tamil Diaspora who are contributing to LTTE are living in rented accommodation while these three journalists are living in their own houses with LTTE paying large sums for the mortgage.
Very soon they will have to go back to the road.....Mother nature will take care of them for the contribution they made for the killing machine, LieTTE.
It is only matter of few weeks before Velu is captured and then all the communities can live in peace.
Priyath Liyanage and
Priyath Liyanage and Gajanayaka, the former a JVPer-turned-Christian, the latter A JVPer and former bhikkhu by the name of Balaharuve Soma, who also converted to Christianity, are the two BBC guys behind all this anti-Sri Lanka BBC propaganda. Priyath is famous in the London Buddhist community as a 'hunter of Buddhists.'
The BBC has had LTTE
The BBC has had LTTE financial support for many years, with a gradual and obvious increase of staffers with an LTTE bias. It is generally accepted today that one of the reasons that the BBC has lost its once respected reputation in because of the LTTE influx into into its staff and the clearly biased reporting that has resulted, not only on Sri Lankan affairs but on other global matters as well.
The BBC has paid the price in that it is no longer valued for its news analyses. Unfortunately, the further down it goes financially the more it needs LTTE funds to prop it up. The British government that has so far given the BBC a rather free hand, but it had better start shaking things up a bit before the Voice of Britain goes down with the LTTE.
It is good to have our
It is good to have our rebuttal to false broadcasting by publicizing the the bias of the BBC towards the terrorist LTTE.
The best answer to false and erroneous broadcasting is to attack the credibility and reputation of the organization.
In a lighter vein,let me give an alternate suggestion as to what the initials BBC stands for-
'Boru' Broadcasting Corporation. (Boru=lies,in Sinhala)
BBC-Sinhala service is one
BBC-Sinhala service is one of the most lucrative NGOs for SriLankans to work for. Like most of the NGOs in Sri Lanka, it has to keep the bias towards LTTE to get the wages of it's operatives.
The day it stopped the rotation policy of producers/editors was the day it's decline started. Self proclaimed 'journalists' of Sandeshaya, fought teeth and nail to avoid going back to their 'beloved' Sri Lanka, to serve the motherland from London.
Only qulification most of them have on journalism is knowing what the imperialist British Foreign Office (who funds Sandeshaya) needed of them. They are very carefull not to tread that line. After all there are mortages to pay and they know whom to serve to earn that money.
Treacherous may be but certainly clever. But in this article they have gone a bit too far and have sacrificed all norms of journalism for a few easy bucks.
There are many allegations
There are many allegations against BBC Sinhala and Tamil services journalists for unreported income to UK Revenue and Customs form LTTE sources, and having gotten their mortgages taken care by the invisible (suspected to be the LTTE) sources, and having externally paid luxurious holidays for the whole families in the label of Journalist work.
These should be investigated by the British Authorities.
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