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The BBC article has some more on this [0]: > "It did not resist Thames Valley's application for an order under the Terrorism Act in court because the act does
by lucaspiller 11y ago
The BBC article has some more on this [0]:
> "It did not resist Thames Valley's application for an order under the Terrorism Act in court because the act does not afford grounds under which it could be opposed.
> "It is troubling that this legislation does not provide the opportunity for the media to mount a freedom of speech defence."
[0] http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34666281 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34666281
- gaius 11y agoWas it freedom of speech when the BBC informed the Argentines that their bomb fuses were wrongly set to attack British ships, or when they warned them of the impending attack on Goose Green? I get what you're saying but the BBC plays both sides of this argument.
- bainsfather 11y agoYou are aware that it was the Number 10 (Prime Minister's office) that provided the information on Goose Green to the BBC, the BBC then reported it? The worst/only criticism of the BBC that I have read (from e.g. Mrs Thatcher's autobiography) is that the BBC should have double-checked with the PM's office to make sure they'd not really been so incompetent as to 'unintentionally' announce news of an impending operation.