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journos abusing online forums 20-Jan-2009 At 12:03:00 PM hotgemini

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Actually no Neil, that's still just appears to be a matter of his personal backside protection policy.

I'd also like to make it clear that I'd take it as an insult to the entire community to suggest that the reaction to Mr. Bibby's post was based in some shortcoming in this community's attitude to the media, rather than stemming directly from what was either a deliberate choice or incompetence in his approach to this forum.

Actually I'm quite understanding of the pressures Mr. Bibby must be under. I don't believe that anyone would argue that his employers cater for the trashier 'tabloid' end of the market and as such there's an expectation from his editors that there should be an element of scandal in his stories. Whilst unfortunate and not to my taste, the expectation of a poor-quality article does not justify poor-quality behaviour from its reporters.

In essence, just because you write like a tabloid scumbag doesn't excuse you acting like one Mr. Bibby.

-Adam.