Comments on: Mail Online confirms withdrawal of ads on Moir article; defends free speech http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/10/19/mail-online-confirms-withdrawal-of-ads-on-moir-article-defends-free-speech/ Online journalism news Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J Ellis http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/10/19/mail-online-confirms-withdrawal-of-ads-on-moir-article-defends-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-20766 J Ellis Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:09:27 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=15080#comment-20766 Free Speech is such a misused term. Freedom of speech means freedom from oppression in a political environment, NOT freedom to be offensive and bigoted and NOT freedom to discriminate and cause distress. That is actually indefensible. An article saying that the death of a young man was linked to a gay man's lifestyle (whatever a typical gay man's lifestyle is, or a typical gay man for that matter) without knowing the medical facts can not be thought of by any reasonable person as 'a carefully argued article' Free Speech is such a misused term. Freedom of speech means freedom from oppression in a political environment, NOT freedom to be offensive and bigoted and NOT freedom to discriminate and cause distress. That is actually indefensible. An article saying that the death of a young man was linked to a gay man’s lifestyle (whatever a typical gay man’s lifestyle is, or a typical gay man for that matter) without knowing the medical facts can not be thought of by any reasonable person as ‘a carefully argued article’

]]> By: Comment: The rise of ’smart’ or ‘not so smart’ internet mobs and their pressure on the media | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/10/19/mail-online-confirms-withdrawal-of-ads-on-moir-article-defends-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-20691 Comment: The rise of ’smart’ or ‘not so smart’ internet mobs and their pressure on the media | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:56:27 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=15080#comment-20691 [...] PCC was bounced into contacting Boyzone’s PR company to see if it wanted to complain. The Mail pulled ads on its website. BBC mentioned the Mail article in its news bulletins on Gately’s [...] [...] PCC was bounced into contacting Boyzone’s PR company to see if it wanted to complain. The Mail pulled ads on its website. BBC mentioned the Mail article in its news bulletins on Gately’s [...]

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