Joe Vesey-Byrne
May 22, 2017
left: Daily Mail/Clipshare, right: Daily Telegraph/Clipshare
On Sunday Jeremy Corbyn appeared on Sophie Ridge's Sky Politics programme.
The Labour leader has been repeatedly charged with failing to explain his past interactions with pro-IRA organisations.
Corbyn supporters have characterised his work as 'peace campaigning'.
His opponents have called it 'IRA apologists'.
The bias is evident in the headlines used by the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph to sum up Corbyn's remarks on Ridge's programme.
Picture: Daily Mail/22 April 2017
Corbyn's Kick in teeth for IRA victims.
Labour leader refuses FIVE times to unequivocally condemn IRA
Picture: Daily Telegraph/22 April 2017
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Here's what Corbyn actually said:
There were Loyalist bombs as well. I condemn all the bombing by both the Loyalists and the IRA.
So that is condemning the IRA.
One might disagree with the idea of comparing Loyalist bombs and IRA bombs, but it's undeniable that he condemned both.
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