'A Freedom of Information campaigner today lost his five year bid to access an internal BBC report on its coverage of the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.A victory for secrecy and the BBC's continued bias against Israel.
The Court of Appeal rejected solicitor Stephen Sugar's attempt to overturn an earlier decision that the report was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act because the corporation held it for "purposes of journalism, art or literature".
The earlier decision by Justice Irwin found that an Information Tribunal was wrong in law when it ruled the report was not covered by the exemption and so should be disclosed.
Court of Appeal judges - the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, Lord Justice Moses and Lord Justice Munby – today upheld that decision and rejected Sugar's appeal.'
I am not a sheep, I have my own mind
I have had enough of being told what and how to think
Whilst we are still allowed the remnants of free speech,
I will speak out.
I also reserve the right to discuss less controversial matters should I feel the urge.
Pages
▼
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
The Balen report will not be released
The Press Gazette report that:
But it can still go to the Supreme Court. Whatever is in the Report, it must be dynamite.
ReplyDelete