Howard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Look at the following story. Not happy with acting as an
> uncritical mouthpiece of 'SafeSpeed' the BBC is now
> providing them with a
direct
> link from their news pages. (Of course no link is
> given to The
Slower
> Speeds initative). Definately time to complain methinks!
>
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3628631.stm
Why? Do you think only links to sites that you agree with
should be published?
The BBC site usually has links to external sites that
relate to the news story in question, and note that "The
BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet
sites". Some of the views raised would seem to tally with
those expressed in the external site, so it appears to be
partly relevant.
The sites linked to do seem to throw up the odd anomaly, so
maybe Mr Smith had been badgering someone that day. Perhaps
you should join an organisation with views compatible with
your own, or even form one of your own if none can be found,
and do your own badgering to try and get people to your own
site where views that differ from Mr Smiths can be
expressed. That would be preferable to censorship.
A quick search of the BBC site shows that other speed
related transport stories have carried links to the sites of
Brake, Transport2000 and various environmentalist groups. I
suppose that's OK, since I assume from your comments that
you agree with what they have to say.
I'm sure Voltaire had something to say about that.
I thought I'd search for stories about something a bit
more contentious. Interestingly, no story relating to
the BNP contains a link to their site, so make of that
what you will.
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Regards,
Mark Davies