General Chat

Without asking questions we'll never know.......so who funds them....

At the moment no one does. It's an online campaign, only, run through a facebook page, although they are setting up a website, from what I read.

So zero costs. That may change, I suppose.

Ah but who paid for the professional video....

It's not that hard to do, Caroline. My son could do that easily on his PC. Cost - nothing but time.

Why do you seem to dislike the movement so much?

Just because I question them doesn't mean I dislike them so much...I've questioned whether we should have a group who may have a bigger agenda trying to control the free press. They may not like certain papers or news show fine no one makes you view them but why try and stop others . Their argument will be they're doing it to stop others being mislead or worked into a frenzy of hate whatever but is that their job to do.
It's not like we haven't all know which paper has which leanings forever so why suddenly start this.

There won’t be agreement until each understands what the other is talking about.

No idea what you mean by that, Dermot. Care to expand?

Caroline, there are always been petitions and pressure groups often spontaneously appearing in response to a particular event - like the Nestle boycott, which we still apply all these years later.

Given Richard Wilson's family history I think his only agenda is to ask businesses not to advertise with papers that have hateful and inaccurate stories and headlines. It's up to the businesses whether or not to respond.

It's difficult to speak of a free press when the majority of UK newspapers are controlled by press barons who have a very right wing agenda. This limits what journalists can write about, so not so free,

Ah but compared to much of the world press.....

Yes Dermot is being very deep maybe..

Newsflash...the DM which many seem to "hate"....latest headline online asking people to pick the darkest colour......start the protest.....

A quick look at their FB page indicates that they are not out to gag 'free' press, just to try to persuade various companies not to advertise in them as, in their view, these papers tend to promote hatred and discrimination.

But by stopping funding the only obvious conclusion is to close the paper down...not likely to happen but they think it's worth a try.

Or get them to change their ways, maybe?

Not likely at all is it ....certain papers have always leaned left certain always right
The BBC since it started leaning is more likely to go left for instances..

If it doesn't close down then it changes to what they find acceptable...how is that not censorship...