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Headlines: Broadcast Ban in support of Paedophiles everywhere.
Where have the supporters of paedophiles hidden Oliver O'Grady, now?
Ur Town Ur Street Ur Community Ur Next door Neighbour from Heaven and/or Hell
Help: Ban illegal Censorship in Ireland
Below: forwarded to Dundalkfm100 this morning 19th September 2007
To whom it may concern, Dundalkfm100
I am formally requesting an explanation of your reasons for your investigation and your outcome.
If I do not hear from you by the end of the week. I will place the whole matter in the hands of my legal representative with a view to a court action to force a response.
I might draw your attention to the paragraph: Fair comment. This I feel applies particularly to the banned broadcast re: The hidden and protected residence of convicted paedophile de-frocked priest one Oliver O'Grady in our community of Dundalk, Co. Louth Ireland.
Jeffrey Kelly
Article 40.3.2 of the Irish Constitution says:
"the State shall, in particular, by its laws, protect as best it may from unjust attack (and, in the case of injustice done, vindicate) the life, person, good name and property rights of every citizen."
Fair comment
Fair comment covers content, mainly opinion, that cannot by its very nature be true or false. To be properly defensible, these comments must be:
Based on fact
Made in good faith
Published without malice
On a matter of public interest
The NUJ’s Code of Conduct defines “public interest” as:
1. The public interest includes:
a) Detecting or exposing crime or a serious misdemeanor.
b) Protecting public health and safety.
c) Preventing the public from being misled by some statement or action of an individual or organization.
d) Exposing misuse of public funds or other forms of corruption by public bodies.
e) Revealing potential conflicts of interest by those in positions of power and influence.
f) Exposing corporate greed.
g) Exposing hypocritical behavior by those holding high office.
2. There is a public interest in the freedom of expression itself.
3. In cases involving children, journalists must demonstrate an exceptional public interest to over-ride the normally paramount interests of the child.
National Union of Journalists
The NUJ's Code of Conduct has set out the main principles of British and Irish journalism since 1936.
It is part of the rules and all journalists joining the union must sign that they will strive to adhere to it.
1. A journalist has a duty to maintain the highest professional and ethical standards.
2. A journalist shall at all times defend the principle of the freedom of the press and other media in relation to the collection of information and the expression of comment and criticism. He/she shall strive to eliminate distortion, news suppression and censorship.
3. A journalist shall strive to ensure that the information he/she disseminates is fair and accurate, avoid the expression of comment and conjecture as established fact and falsification by distortion, selection or misrepresentation.
4. A journalist shall rectify promptly any harmful inaccuracies, ensure that correction and apologies receive due prominence and afford the right of reply to persons criticized when the issue is of sufficient importance.
5. A journalist shall obtain information, photographs and illustrations only by straightforward means. The use of other means can be justified only by overriding considerations of the public interest. The journalist is entitled to exercise a personal conscientious objection to the use of such means.
6. A journalist shall do nothing which entails intrusion into anybody's private life, grief or distress, subject to justification by overriding considerations of the public interest.
7. A journalist shall protect confidential sources of information.
8. A journalist shall not accept bribes nor shall he/she allow other inducements to influence the performance of his/her professional duties.
9. A journalist shall not lend himself/herself to the distortion or suppression of the truth because of advertising or other considerations.
10. A journalist shall mention a person's age, sex, race, colour, creed, illegitimacy, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation only if this information is strictly relevant. A journalist shall neither originate nor process material which encourages discrimination, ridicule, prejudice or hatred on any of the above-mentioned grounds.
11. A journalist shall not interview or photograph children in connection with stories concerning their welfare without the permission of a parent or other adult responsible for their welfare.
12. No journalist shall knowingly cause or allow the publication or broadcast of a photograph that has been manipulated unless that photograph is clearly labeled as such. Manipulation does not include normal dodging, burning, colour balancing, spotting, contrast adjustment, cropping and obvious masking for legal or safety reasons.
13. A journalist shall not take private advantage of information gained in the course of his/her duties before the information is public knowledge.
14. A journalist shall not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of his/her own work or of the medium by which he/she is employed.
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