The following formal complaint was submitted today to the fullfact.org website. The directors of this pseudo-charity are: Michael Samuel (Chairman), Simon Briscoe, Sir David Lipsey, Baroness Julia Neuberger, Professor Jean Seaton.
Dear Sirs,
formal complaint
After a short phone conversation this afternoon, I would like to take issue with the following Your article posted on FullFact website on July 3, 2012 at 15:14.
You claim:
Full Fact is an independent fact-checking organization. We demystify the facts and context behind claims made by key figures in British political debate and press those who make misleading claims to set the record straight.
1. You are actually a wholly owned non-profit company and therefore work for and for powerful and politically active funders. Your claim of independence is false.
2. In the article above, which does not acknowledge the proper source of the UK column, Will Moy attempts to trivialize and trivialize an important article about imprisonment, loss of liberty and gross failures in the legal system. As such, Mr. Moi's article appears specifically designed to undermine the accuracy and undermine the credibility of our original report.
You say:
The full facts were not presented at Wirral Magistrates' Court yesterday, and of course neither were the people who went public with these unlikely claims.
The explanation presented by the council and supported by the court is in accordance with the law, and despite claims of a “secret” trial, the facts are readily available to anyone willing to look into the matter. So this particular conspiracy theory needs to be put to bed.
The real facts are that Mr. Hayes was arrested on Monday morning, taken to the police station for three hours, and then taken directly to court. The court hearing was not listed, Mr. Hayes was not allowed legal representation, Mr. Hayes was not given an opportunity to defend himself, no jury was present, and the hearing was not attended by the public. Neither the public nor the press were present.
As such, Mr. Hayes was subjected to a “star chamber” and secret court process, as correctly stated in the original article.
Furthermore, according to a statement of facts that Mr. Hayes gave in prison this morning, he was not informed of the trial on Tuesday, June 26th, when the bench warrant was issued, and therefore he did not attend the hearing and was unable to attend the hearing. He was also unable to do so. defense.
3. Your organization's efforts to label reports of these gross omissions, deficiencies and irregularities in the legal system as misleading “conspiracy theories” is a matter of concern to the British Column and the British Constitution Group, as well as to the British Constitution Group. It seems like a deliberate and calculated attempt to undermine the whole thing. Properly defend Mr. Hayes.
4. The UK column currently covers a number of issues of public interest, including attacks on freedoms and the British Constitution, BBC misinformation and propaganda, exposing charities working with political positions, and child abuse and serious abuse by the state. I am doing it. within the education system, corruption in the monetary system, Leveson, and many other topics. We work based on evidence and facts and report accordingly.
5. In the interest of transparency, your claim to be an independent “fact-checking organization,” and the broader public interest, I am publishing this email.
I look forward to your response and full apology in the near future.
Sincerely,
Brian Gerrish
Co-editor UK column
