http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2005/02/27/touchy/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2005/02/27/touchy/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:32:05 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=49#comment-227 Yes, it would. Though I often chuckle when I see the apology for an front page article nestling in a tiny box on page 14 where no-one will see it.

]]> /** * Fires at the end of each RSS2 comment feed item. * * @since WP-2.1.0 * * @param int $comment->comment_ID The ID of the comment being displayed. * @param int $comment_post->ID The ID of the post the comment is connected to. */ do_action( 'commentrss2_item', $comment->comment_ID, $comment_post->ID ); ?> http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2005/02/27/touchy/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:41:27 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=49#comment-219 Actually, very few people make threats to resort to lawyers as a first resort. Normally people who have been misquoted write to the newspaper requesting (or demanding, depending on how wronged they feel) an apology and a correction be printed. That course of action would’ve been more temperate and appropriate

]]> /** * Fires at the end of each RSS2 comment feed item. * * @since WP-2.1.0 * * @param int $comment->comment_ID The ID of the comment being displayed. * @param int $comment_post->ID The ID of the post the comment is connected to. */ do_action( 'commentrss2_item', $comment->comment_ID, $comment_post->ID ); ?> http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2005/02/27/touchy/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:53:37 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=49#comment-172 Plenty of people sue because the media are erratic and unscrupulous. How does that make them self-righteous? He’s standing up for the truth against misinformation. Is misinformation better than truth?

]]> /** * Fires at the end of each RSS2 comment feed item. * * @since WP-2.1.0 * * @param int $comment->comment_ID The ID of the comment being displayed. * @param int $comment_post->ID The ID of the post the comment is connected to. */ do_action( 'commentrss2_item', $comment->comment_ID, $comment_post->ID ); ?> http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2005/02/27/touchy/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:51:42 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=49#comment-166 There’s a world of difference between ‘corrects’ and ‘threatens legal action over’, though, Chris, isn’t there? Had Green said, “I have never said that Hindus are wicked, merely that Hindu religion is not of God but is a manifestation of Satan; that Hindusim exalts created things and debases man to the level of a sacrificial victim; that the social system based upon its teachings is oppressive and murderous and that its treatment of women and children, endorsed by its scriptures and accepted by Hindu society, is barbaric and wicked,” that’d be fine. It’s the self-righteous “I’ll be talking to our lawyers” (I assume he had a mouse in his pocket when he was speaking or something).

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Had he left the misquote on Hindus unchecked, he would be criticised for his views. If he corrects it, he is criticised for being thin-skinned.
What is the third option that he should have taken? (Direct answer, please!!) :o)

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