COMPLAIN TO CORPORATE MEDIA

Say it loud | 18.11.2001 22:32

I rang the BBC Complaints and on querying the figure of 50,000 attending the demonstations and the puppet answering said the BBC gets all it's figures from official sources. I said all the official websites and all the officials are saying 100,000.

I also expressed my discontent at the complete lack of issues surrounding the demo she said like what. I expressed mine and I suggest you do yours by ringing these numbers

BBC TV Centre switchboard: 0208 743 8000
BBC info and complaints: 08700 100 222
BBC radio newsroom:
0208 624 9910 (editor)
0208 624 9900
C4 Home Newsroom: 0207 430 4601
BBC Newsnight: 0208 624 9830
BBC South East newsroom: 020-8228-8888
Carlton London Tonight: 0207 827 7700
Channel 5 News: 0207 430 4100
PA News phone: 0207 963 7000/7146
PA News fax: 0207 963 7192
ITN switchboard: 0207 833 3000
IRN newsdesk: 0207 430 4814

irn@itn.co.uk
Guardian news desk editor:

harriet.sherwood@guardian.co.uk
Guardian home news desk:

home@guardian.co.uk
Guardian/Observer switchboard (ask for "newsdesk"): 0207 278 2332

Say it loud

Comments

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Definately

18.11.2001 23:08

Well, I just did my bit. I suggest everyone do the same. Kick up a fuss! Complain! Make some noise!

antiwar

Any chance of building on this list?

18.11.2001 23:18

and spreading it around! Let the media know they have our support to sneak out more truth!! every bit helps.

rikki

No Surrender!

18.11.2001 23:34

The BBC made it look like a predominantly Muslim affair, focusing on as many people as possible with veils, turbans and especially those with their face covered. Sky News ran an almost identical report, with Lisa Aziz careful to mention, "thousands" were there (without a figure) last time she said 5,000 attended! They omitted the fact that it was multi-racial. Many children were present, learning our "democratic" right to protest, they will need it!

Rotters

reply to rikki

18.11.2001 23:40

Definately rikki. We should add to this list and spread it to all the people who we organised to go on the march with.

Email your friends who went on the march. Post on uk newsgroups. Send to peace/anti-war mailing lists. Repost on UK indymedia tomorrow.

any more ideas?

I was there

One more suggestion

18.11.2001 23:50

Both the Independent and the Guardian have talk boards.

Register with them (I know it's a bitch and an invasion of privacy, but this is important) and spread the truth on their message boards.

The Independent hasn't reported anything yet (and since it is a smaller paper, sometimes can't report things as quickly as the BBC), so give it time.

The log on to the Guardian message boards, go to:

www.guardian.co.uk

and then click on 'talk' and then go to 'guardian unlimited talk'.

Also, it might be a good idea to contact individual reporters and columnists themselves, as it is more difficult to hide behind a generic

feedback@newspaper.co.uk address. If we write to journalists, they might respond personally and take some responsibility, as journalists, for these atrocious lies.

I was there

just did aswel

19.11.2001 12:08

Have just rung up to complain to bbc and channel 4, more complaints the better, its all part of the demonstration. When you phone up they will ask for a full list of your complaints, so be prepared.
All the best.
UN