MSM Gagged - Again

Not for the first time the government is trying to suppress information - the excuse this time is that it wouldn't be appropriate for comment on the Afghan war to be made public in the run-up to the GE.  I wonder why!  The information itself came in the form of a leaked memo.  Nick Gurr, the MoD’s director of media and communication, is the author of the memo: “Purdah - Key Principles for    Defence Communicators.”    

British journalists and TV crews are to be banned from the Afghan front  line once a date for the election has been set, while senior officers will be prohibited from making public speeches and talking to reporters.

MoD websites will also be “cleansed” of any “non-factual” material  including    anything containing troops’ opinions of the war, according to a memo leaked to the Daily Telegraph.

It looks as though the blogosphere will have to step into the breach, again.

Goodnight Vienna

MSM Gagged - Again

What Has Europe Done For Us?

Well, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance has issued this 'Monitoring' Report, for one thing.  Pages 37-38 are particularly interesting as they address the media and political parties.  ECRI reminds the government that they have it within their power to ban  political parties and that the media should adhere to strict guidelines laid down in 2003.   Apparently we're not trying hard enough to accommodate the whole world and his mother although ECRI says they do detect 'encouraging signs'.

They have a finger in every British pie; there are placemen in all the British institutions, put there with the connivance of successive governments and to rid ourselves of them would probably seriously destabilise the country. It's an intricate network of deceit and betrayal.
Goodnight Vienna

What Has Europe Done For Us?