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journos abusing online forums 19-Jan-2009 At 6:05:07 PM gremlin

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I look after the ACA website, we also had Paul Bibby post a rather disrespectful and dishonest post regarding the recent incident (which is a clear breach of ethics laid out by his employer)... I sent a complaint to Paul, his employer and also Mediawatch. Judging by the response i got from Mediawatch, i think many others who also moderate forums on other climbing sites did as well. I am yet to hear back from the SMH or Paul, hopefully his employer gave him a quiet word or two and sent him for re-ned-ucation.

An apology would be nice, however i don't think we'll see one...

Personally i don't mind reporters utilizing online forums to expand their stories, so long as they identify themselves and their intentions, instead of trying to bait people for information in a dishonest way.

-edit to fix my bad grammer and speiling... yes i failed engrish!-