Viewers not told critics were Labour activists
PANORAMA’S controversial NHS investigation featured five medics ‘ who had ‘ decided to speak out’ over the Government’s record on personal protective equipment, but failed to tell viewers that all were long-standing Labour party activists or supporters.
Dr Sonia Adesara said the ‘Government failed to prepare’ for the crisis. Last year she starred in a party pol i t i cal broadcast f or Labour. She has praised Jeremy Corbyn and has stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in council and parliamentary elections.
Irial Eno, introduced as a ‘doctor working with Covid patients’, said she was ‘so ashamed about how the NHS has been treated’ and ‘really angry at the Government’.
Viewers were not told Dr Eno is the daughter of hard-Left musician Brian Eno and a key figure in Docs Not Cops, a Left-wing group campaigning against invoicing foreign visitors for NHS care. A third medic, Dr Abhi Mantgani, told Panorama: ‘People in health care losing their lives ... is something that keeps me awake at night.’ His friendship with former Labour MP Frank Field and tweets about ‘Boris lies’ were not deemed worthy of coverage.
Another interviewee, Asif Munaf, was described by Panorama as an A& E doctor from Nottingham – omitting to mention his support for Labour and call for his social media followers to vote for Corbyn.
Libby Nolan, a Swansea nurse, was introduced as a ‘union rep’, but on Twitter describes herself as a ‘constant agitator.’ On Instagram, she has posted badges reading: ‘Proud to be everything the Conservatives hate.’