The point I was trying to make Halo, but you put it far more eloquently

Originally Posted by Biped

Thing is, you are, to a degree right. He's one of three tw@ts responsible. The reporter (him), the bint (the editor) and the commissioning editor - he that is in charge of the department, and used to be deputy editor of Panorama before he got the department he's now in.

Would love to see the production meeting notes together with the rest of there paper work that they have on this whole thing from conception to final report prior to broadcast. One would assume they swished past the legal dept also given that they intended to break so many laws rules and regulation? In both the making of this program, the editing and then broadcasting!

As part of any RMP investigation,I hope that this soldier/reporter is reported for fraud.Taking pay when you have no intention of performing,after signing a contract,IS fraud.Also if he continued to be paid by the Beeb,during his training,they should be done for aiding and abetting,IMHO.

As the BBC instigated and encouraged Sharp's dishonest and arguably illegal actions against the Crown, I will certainly take a more jaundiced view the next time it gets on its sanctimonious high horse about usually spurious allegations of service personnel not refusing to obey unlawful orders.

Commanders & troops in theatre should consider the following;

1. Overtly giving priority to other media outlets looking for help in obtaining footage/stories.

2. QM's/RQ-SQ's (G4 chain) being less helpful when asked for logistic support.

3. Soldiers (particularly Sgts & below) unexpectidly putting the BBC in their place during live global interviews.

They will need us before we need them.

easy , stop all your lads paying for there tv licences till the bbc get on side

Originally Posted by terroratthepicnic

Now available on iplayer.

What REAL soldier would what to see that shower of whinging mong AGAIN?

Was the reporter ever at the wrong end of an alleged beating? Why not, well he did as he was told and did not backchat, you will always get some fool who carries a chip into HIS training and then the sh1te falls.

If you punish the one, you punish the ALL and they THEY punish the one, who got them the beasting!

Is the tax man aware he had two jobs? I got taxed to the hilt on my second income when doing agency work (Great times as a male stripper!!!). Or was he just paid one lump sum by the BBC?

NCOs bullying? The excellent NCOs I have known develop their recruits and fear of consequences is one means of development. I was never bullied at any point during training but being aware of disapproval of the NCOs (and others) was a motivating factor not a limiting one. If you had interviewed me at the 2 week point of POC troop I would have sounded off about a certain Corporal in terms that could have been considered to be bullying but as he had considerable abiliity and common sense he did develop me and got the best out of me which at the end of the course I was immensely grateful. In retrospect he didnt bully me at all in any way. He did set standards which I was expected to meet and his encouragement when I did get myself sorted was crucial. Looking at the BBC documentary it doesnt seem that the DS developed the recruits much and I suspect very strongly that that was edited out as it is not good material and would prejudice the intended point of the programme.

What really annoys me about the whole affair is that this Cnut was enlisted in training in October last year. He was then cap-badged into the Yorkshire Regiment. In October last year the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire regiment was mixing it with the Taliban in Helmand while he was making this documentary which is based on hear say.

Is it no wonder why i hate civvies so much.

What a Cnut.