{"id":13183,"date":"2015-07-31T07:58:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T21:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=13183"},"modified":"2015-08-03T08:15:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T22:15:24","slug":"an-outlaws-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/an-outlaws-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"AN OUTLAW\u2019S PERSPECTIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following piece was written by Tony Teniswood. Tony, known as \u2018Angry\u2019 by his mates, is 57-years-old. He is a Life Member of a club in Queensland and has been around motorcycles for more than 45 years. The VLAD legislation and the ensuing police harassment and media lies have affected him, his family and his brothers in ways non-club people could not imagine. The police harassment is endless. The media lies are endless. The right of reply is never offered. And so the public simply goes on believing what the government and the police want it to believe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Tony\u2019s view on that…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Look, everyone! Our new police manual has arrived!”<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m pretty sure Mark \u2018Chopper\u2019 Read would see the irony. One of his favourite sayings was \u201cNever let the truth get in the way of a good yarn\u201d, and no doubt he would be smiling at the fact\u00a0that governments, the police and the media have taken that saying to heart and run with it. These three, supposedly the upholders of truth, justice and the protection of innocents, have waged an ongoing propaganda war on motorcycle clubs, described by them as \u2018criminal gangs\u2019, or law-enforcement\u2019s personal favourite \u2018OMCGs\u2019, for years now.\u00a0The VLAD legislation is just the latest barrage.<\/p>\n

This war is a no-holds barred, knock-down, teeth-kicking brawl, using any and every method known to get a certain message across.<\/p>\n

The media obviously plays a massive part in this. The politicians and police all have their \u2018pet\u2019 media outlets doing the job of getting the \u2018right\u2019 message out to the people.<\/p>\n

But have no doubt. The justification for this fight is based on lies.<\/p>\n

In a recent media story regarding several \u2018raids\u2019 up here in Queensland, the media reported: \u2018quantities of steroids were found\u2019. What it didn’t report was that the \u2018steroids found\u2019 were anti-inflammatory medication, prescribed and entirely legal. They also forgot to mention that no charges were laid. Another favourite is \u2018weapons found\u2019; in\u00a0one\u00a0instance a golf club was listed as a weapon because it was not in a set of clubs, so therefore must be a weapon. Again no charges were laid.<\/p>\n

Now this is not a nut-bag conspiracy theory being pedalled by the media. There is sound reasoning behind all this.<\/p>\n

The politicians need votes, and law and order issues bring those votes. The police always need more funding and politicians give them that funding. The media needs political support and police access, and so the police give the media \u2018exclusive access\u2019 to some of the juiciest stories.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all \u2018You scratch my back\u2019 stuff.<\/p>\n

Politicians are well aware the average punter never looks any further in to an article than what he initially reads, so the need for any sort of real truth is no concern.<\/p>\n

A case in point, yesterday in Brisbane, police were trumpeting the success of raids in a suburb, saying quantities of drugs, cash and weapons were found. The media immediately stating police were \u2018looking into\u2019 a link with \u2018OMCGs\u2019. The first report claimed the alleged offenders were \u2018associates\u2019 of a particular club. Within an hour this was changed to \u2018patched members\u2019\u00a0of a different club. And then a couple of hours later it was claimed there was just a \u2018connection\u2019 to a club.<\/p>\n

All of this is clearly a desperate attempt to link a club, any club, to an alleged crime.<\/p>\n

Which report is true? Are any of them true?\u00a0\u00a0The media are bound by a Code of Ethics and the first line reads \u2018Report and Interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts. Do your best to give a fair right for reply\u2019.<\/p>\n

So far, in this propaganda war, the media have failed to comply with their own Code of Ethics entirely.<\/p>\n

And yet we are the ones accused of dishonesty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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