Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Read words

Justin has a lovely piece about the Usmanov affair to date published over at the IOC website...

Index on Censorship - Britain: Bloggers unite against intimidation
: It must be emphasised that this is not about bloggers claiming the right to say whatever they like with impunity and without fear of sanction. Bloggers are, rightly so, as accountable for what they write as journalists. Craig Murray is on record as saying he wants Usmanov to sue him for libel so the allegations can be put on the record. In a statement to the Guardian newspaper, a spokesman for Schillings said that they were not about to sue Murray because ‘they did not want to give him a platform to express his views’. Instead of fighting the case in the courts, Schillings tried to make the story go away completely. The allegations may be true, they may be false, but in the absence of a libel trial testing their veracity, thousands of people have formed their own conclusions.

3 comments:

Parkylondon said...

Typical cowardly big-lawyer action. Oops we got it wrong let's bury it whilst they screw up plenty of people's web sites and waste shed loads of time putting things right.

Why can't these people actually admit they got it wrong and apologise?

God Help Arsenal if Usfatmanov actually secures control. Another ChequeBookChelsea on the way? God I hope not....

Hey RiskyRusky - sod off and leave Arsenal alone. We don't want your bully boy money at our club...

Tim said...

Why can't these people actually admit they got it wrong and apologise?

Because then they might have to shell out compensation to those who suffered because they got it wrong?

:o)

Philip said...

Not a very flattering picture of Justin there. It makes him look like a very large toad that's been blown up with hot air and is just about holding itself together in anticipation of a very messy explosion. Let's hope no-one dares to portray Usmanov that way.