James O’Brien tears into the ‘worst piece of journalism’ he’s ever seen
“I don’t know why they’re doing it.”
James O’Brien has spotted an article in the Telegraph that he simply can’t fathom.
Headlined “BBC accused of downplaying white farmer killings in South Africa,” it cites a single South African businessman. James O’Brien would sooner listen to the testimony of the son of the murdered farmers themselves…
It comes after Donald Trump blindsided South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a White House meeting by playing footage which he claims pertained to allegations of genocide in South Africa.
The South African leader sat quietly while the US president repeated widely discredited claims about a genocide against white South Africans.
To support his argument, Mr Trump played footage on a television screen set up in the Oval Office, a first for such a meeting with a foreign leader.
One clip showed a documentary featuring South African opposition politician Julius Malema singing a song which included the line “shoot the Boer”, which refers to white farmers in the country.
Another showed what Mr Trump claimed to be a burial site of white farmers, to which he narrated: “It’s a terrible sight, never seen anything like it.”
Later on in their meeting, Mr Ramaphosa addressed Mr Trump’s accusations head on and said South Africa has a democracy that allows people to express themselves.
He said: “What you saw, the speeches that were being made, that is not government policy. We have a multi-party democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves, political parties to adhere to various policies. And in many cases or in some cases, those policies do not go along with government policy.
“Our government policy is completely, completely against what he [a person in the video montage] was saying. Even in the parliament. And they are a small minority party which is allowed to exist in terms of our constitution.”
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