The BBC have been publishing a lot of news about alcohol recently. But
are they in support of calls to crack down, or subtly against them? I'd always assumed that they would be
supporting the people who want to see duty rises etc. but having read most of the recent articles, I am suddenly
not so sure.
They are of course publishing any news related to the Alcohol trade, such as calls to raise the Tax on alcohol but then just hours after that, they posted a story about a boy who had lost his life through drink. Despite all that she may have been through, the boys mother stated that she did not believe a duty rise would have helped her son.
Today there is a news piece saying that the current belief that drinking when pregnant harms your baby is not a clear cut thing, in fact its very 'unclear' whether it does so or not. This piece is strangely reminiscent of the piece we saw some time ago stating that the Government guideline units were plucked out of the air.
So the question is, where does the BBC stand on the whole issue? They certainly don't seem to be doing much to help those who would use Alcohol to further their political career. Is it possible that the Smoking debate has woken the BBC up? We saw the same tactics, constant lobbying by politicians wanting to make another step up. Alcohol is seen as an issue, in the same way as smokers were seen as anti-social, so we could see some similar trumped up actions coming out of those politicians who have nothing better to do.
Hopefully the BBC has no intention of giving them any media help along the way, it is time politicians stopped vilifying things to further their own careers.
They are of course publishing any news related to the Alcohol trade, such as calls to raise the Tax on alcohol but then just hours after that, they posted a story about a boy who had lost his life through drink. Despite all that she may have been through, the boys mother stated that she did not believe a duty rise would have helped her son.
Today there is a news piece saying that the current belief that drinking when pregnant harms your baby is not a clear cut thing, in fact its very 'unclear' whether it does so or not. This piece is strangely reminiscent of the piece we saw some time ago stating that the Government guideline units were plucked out of the air.
So the question is, where does the BBC stand on the whole issue? They certainly don't seem to be doing much to help those who would use Alcohol to further their political career. Is it possible that the Smoking debate has woken the BBC up? We saw the same tactics, constant lobbying by politicians wanting to make another step up. Alcohol is seen as an issue, in the same way as smokers were seen as anti-social, so we could see some similar trumped up actions coming out of those politicians who have nothing better to do.
Hopefully the BBC has no intention of giving them any media help along the way, it is time politicians stopped vilifying things to further their own careers.
