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This was an unprofessional, and arguably, provocative act.

The reporter responded by taking out his mobile phone and, smirking, he began filming the group. Instead of ending the interaction, Cook continued. Had he walked away then that would have been that. The group were firmly penned behind a barrier.
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James Cook was in full control of the situation.
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The professional thing to do then would have been to offer a polite excuse and disengage. Whatever the reason, the mood turned hostile almost immediately Cook engaged.

Was Cook doing this? Maybe, but why engage folk from a movement known to be hostile to the BBC? Many reporters will engage in informal chat in order to gauge mood and feeling at a protest. Was it professional? It’s difficult to say. Was this wise? Some may question the wisdom of such a decision given the well-documented hostility towards the BBC by many in the independence movement. The reporter appears to have decided to engage the group informally for reasons known only to himself. However images and footage show Cook with no microphone and no camera crew. Some have suggested the BBC reporter was seeking to interview the group. Thus, James Cook himself made the decision to walk towards them and engage them. The protestors are penned behind barriers and can’t move forward. Video footage and images of the episode appears to back this up. How did the altercation between James Cook and the protestors start? Who initiated it? According to one eye witness it was Cook himself who approached the group and initiated the exchange. It’s against this backdrop that we have to examine the altercation between Cook and a handful of pro-Indy protestors in Perth and ask whether James Cook, as is being claimed, acted in a professional manner. Irrespective of who is correct, James Cook is well aware of the situation and what the likely outcome would be if he engaged pro-Indy protestors at a highly charged political event. It’s a claim regularly rejected by the broadcaster. It’s widely known that independence supporters view the BBC as biased.
