tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post8449674953468686337..comments2024-01-02T10:58:26.368+00:00Comments on Lancaster Unity: Spot the difference. Online newspapers or BNP leaflets? It's hard to tell...Antifascisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753277570496713369noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-44037510830592691832009-12-09T22:40:36.991+00:002009-12-09T22:40:36.991+00:00I just found out that the founder of Newsquest sta...I just found out that the founder of Newsquest started his own online paper on<br /><br />www.tocuss.com/jtb/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-23928635573436029252009-07-25T10:47:00.182+01:002009-07-25T10:47:00.182+01:00Really this is great article.. i would like to say...Really this is great article.. i would like to say many many thanks for this great information, like all details(name,email and telephone no.). I hope it will help lot of people.Jameshttp://www.asiarooms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-2313309304506217352009-05-19T20:08:00.000+01:002009-05-19T20:08:00.000+01:00Joe - "I really hope in years to come we aren't di...Joe - <I>"I really hope in years to come we aren't discussing how Newsquest and other newspapers helped the rise of the far right in this country just as the Nazis used the media back then."</I>Should these scumbags of the British Nonjces Party come to power there will be no discusion whatsoever !!!<br /><br />Old Sailor<br /><br /><I>"Lee Barnes is proof that care in the community does not work"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-55174492819427565832009-05-19T13:56:00.000+01:002009-05-19T13:56:00.000+01:00The housing market has crashed, so the local paper...The housing market has crashed, so the local papers have lost income from the estate agents going bust/cutting back on adverts. If someone offers to buy adverts that bring income in during a recession I am afraid companies will not turn it down.<br /><br />Same with the huge advertising boards the BNP have booked because other companies have slashed marketing budgets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-36528210909454018902009-05-19T11:37:00.000+01:002009-05-19T11:37:00.000+01:00Newsquest don't give a toss how many complaints th...Newsquest don't give a toss how many complaints they get, their contempt for readers, their own staff or members of the public knows no bounds. You need to get together a list of advertisers for each of these websites and newspapers, then write to them asking if they want to be associated with the BNP filth. When they styart phoning up to cancel, and only then, will Newsquest pull the ads.<br /><br />This is a company that made a big deal about banning ads for escorts just a few months back. OK, not everyones cup of tea, but fascism - OK Prostitution - No way? Is that what Newsquest stands for?<br /><br />Mr O - embittered former Scumquest employeeMr Osatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054078879852241334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-6195323786956996072009-05-19T11:35:00.000+01:002009-05-19T11:35:00.000+01:00This story is disected over at Hold the Front Page...This story is disected over at Hold the Front Page. It's a good report.<br />http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/090519bnpads.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-54578979727233772172009-05-19T08:17:00.000+01:002009-05-19T08:17:00.000+01:00The democracy and freedom of expression issue is a...The democracy and freedom of expression issue is a fob off. Newsquest is a private company, its websites and forums are privately run with their own terms and conditions (and a diversity policy) so by default Newsquest and its website have no democracy and have no freedom of expression. They are not obliged to advertise any political party whatsoever and it would probably be best if they didn't advertise any.<br /><br />Unfortunately the neanderthals on the Oxford Mail forum are predicably crying about democracy and freedom of expression, the irony of that has already been pointed out.<br /><br />I really hope in years to come we aren't discussing how Newsquest and other newspapers helped the rise of the far right in this country just as the Nazis used the media back then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-56621819801740598892009-05-18T23:35:00.000+01:002009-05-18T23:35:00.000+01:00There's a blogspot devoted to digging the dirt abo...There's a blogspot devoted to digging the dirt about the Gannett Group, but they don't as yet seem to know about Newsquest is doing in the UK. <br /><br />Might be worth getting in touch with them to let them know the score, Joe: - <br /><br />http://gannettblog.blogspot.comgannett sucksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-66272921516338450582009-05-18T23:32:00.000+01:002009-05-18T23:32:00.000+01:00Well I think Newsquest might like to ponder on wet...Well I think Newsquest might like to ponder on wether it is worth the cost.<br /><br />We know from past judgements that it is ilegal for a council to discriminate against a Newspaper on political grounds.<br /><br />BUT if local coucils were to cancel thier advertising in these newsquest publications (Job adverts, statutory notices) not on political grounds but on equal opportunity and non discrimanatory grounds then I would suggest that they would not carry these banners in the future. And the threat of doing so would swiftly bring Newsquest into decent behaviour.<br /><br />Old SailorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-89917183400526941172009-05-18T23:28:00.000+01:002009-05-18T23:28:00.000+01:00Newsquest's Oxfordshire Forum has a bnp supporting...Newsquest's Oxfordshire Forum has a bnp supporting member called Hitler.deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-64357095292785856572009-05-18T23:27:00.000+01:002009-05-18T23:27:00.000+01:00On the Newsquest Oxford Mail newspaper forum (owne...On the Newsquest Oxford Mail newspaper forum (owned by American rightwing neocon media magnate Gannett) a vile holocaust denier, racist, fascist and BNP activist wrote uncensored about how he believed Jews brought the holocaust (which he calls "antagonism") upon themselves. <br /> <br /> "The links between Jews and Communists in Weimar Germany led to The National Socialists antagonism towards the Jewish Communists." - Fran14W<br /><br />Source: Oxford MailNewsquest Sucksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-39064904222199274972009-05-18T23:21:00.000+01:002009-05-18T23:21:00.000+01:00It's funny someone mentioned Oxford Newsquest. I ...It's funny someone mentioned Oxford Newsquest. I once complained to them about a viciously racist pro-nazi BNP-supporting member of their forums who called himself "Hitler". <br /><br />I also asked MP Mr Harris (liberal democrats) to complain about them but he too ignored my emails, as if he didn't give care about such matters.georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-6248864871030044342009-05-18T21:00:00.000+01:002009-05-18T21:00:00.000+01:00Keep at it guys.Keep at it guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-28597717245171578682009-05-18T20:50:00.000+01:002009-05-18T20:50:00.000+01:00Thanks for posting your reply, Essex. It's not an ...Thanks for posting your reply, Essex. It's not an unreasoned response, though I do get sick of hearing that free speech argument all the time. Precisely how much free speech would the BNP allow the press (and particularly the administrators of Lancaster Unity) if they were in control? None at all, I suspect.A Chapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-13577777411256217452009-05-18T20:40:00.000+01:002009-05-18T20:40:00.000+01:00I've emailed.
They cannot simply brush off legit...I've emailed. <br />They cannot simply brush off legitimate complaints couched in polite but outraged fashion, one would hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-30715925206522293662009-05-18T19:26:00.000+01:002009-05-18T19:26:00.000+01:00Greetings from Essex!
Here is the response I recei...Greetings from Essex!<br />Here is the response I received following my complaint today to the editor of the 'Echo' paper/site;<br /><br /><br />Thanks for your email regarding BNP advertising. We are accepting paid-for advertising from any political parties orcandidates standing in the current elections.I appreciate how strongly many people feel about the BNP, but it would beundemocratic and against the principle of free speech to refuse to acceptany party's advertising provided it falls within our guidelines. The Echo has consistently opposed the BNP in our Comment column and willcontinue to do so.As editor, I have twice been taken to court, unsuccessfully, by a BNPactivist who did not like my editorial stance. I also regularly receiveBNP hate mail.Despite this, I feel I must defend the right of all parties to take outpaid-for advertising is support of their election candidates.Best wishes, Martin McNeillEditorial DirectorNewsquest EssexEssexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-37335463355366505952009-05-18T17:10:00.000+01:002009-05-18T17:10:00.000+01:00Business is business. The papers need the money.Business is business. The papers need the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-74429504276530172142009-05-18T16:25:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:25:00.000+01:00Cracking article, mates. I see its been picked up ...Cracking article, mates. I see its been picked up by Tory Troll too. :)DTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-40696248415161351142009-05-18T15:47:00.000+01:002009-05-18T15:47:00.000+01:00"Have emailed the lot but don't really expect a se..."Have emailed the lot but don't really expect a sensible response."<br /><br />Me too but they're in business to make money. I don't suppose a few complaints will phase them but it's worth a try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-38617526763573254412009-05-18T15:12:00.000+01:002009-05-18T15:12:00.000+01:00Great article, thanks. Haveemailed the lot but don...Great article, thanks. Haveemailed the lot but don't really expect a sensible response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-13914185440957501492009-05-18T08:53:00.000+01:002009-05-18T08:53:00.000+01:00Oh great, I've been trying to get Newsquest Oxford...Oh great, I've been trying to get Newsquest Oxford to stop allowing the BNP to use their website as a propaganda outlet for the past 5 or 6 years, now this. Instead they have banned anti-fascists and allowed comments from BNP members to continue. Several of the paid up local BNP members are on the Oxford Mail forum and it's now looking uncomfortably like Newsquest are in support of the British National Party, although that of course is just my opinion but it is one based on several years experience and evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-11223256749736889742009-05-18T08:01:00.000+01:002009-05-18T08:01:00.000+01:00Interesting article. New writer too. Welcome Barry...Interesting article. New writer too. Welcome Barry. :)Mr Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547542464688328490.post-33035079977482238582009-05-18T06:30:00.000+01:002009-05-18T06:30:00.000+01:00'Our mission is to publish market-leading newspape...'Our mission is to publish market-leading newspapers which reflect the views of the communities they serve.'<br /><br />If that's the case, they should reflect the fact that most communities in Britain reject racism and the BNP and tell them to get lost. I'll be emailing.M. Ginonoreply@blogger.com