Carter Ruck stop the reporting of Parliament
free press? our press? | 13.10.2009 09:43 | Ecology | Other Press
Seems according to the Guardian 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/12/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament they can't report from Parliament now. The infamous Carter Ruck is up to it's tricks again. You must wonder what bit of the public proceedings of parliament http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-bin/newhtml_hl?DB=semukparl&STEMMER=en&WORDS=trafigura&ALL=trafigura&ANY=&PHRASE=&CATEGORIES=&SIMPLE=&SPEAKER=&COLOUR=red&STYLE=s&ANCHOR=muscat_highlighter_first_match&URL=/pa/cm200809/cmordbk2/91013o02.htm#muscat_highlighter_first_match they can't report about Trafigura and Carter Ruck.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/12/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament they can't report from Parliament now. The infamous Carter Ruck is up to it's tricks again. You must wonder what bit of the public proceedings of parliament http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-bin/newhtml_hl?DB=semukparl&STEMMER=en&WORDS=trafigura&ALL=trafigura&ANY=&PHRASE=&CATEGORIES=&SIMPLE=&SPEAKER=&COLOUR=red&STYLE=s&ANCHOR=muscat_highlighter_first_match&URL=/pa/cm200809/cmordbk2/91013o02.htm#muscat_highlighter_first_match they can't report about Trafigura and Carter Ruck.
The BBC had some fun too back in September Newsnight did a feature on the issue of the company dumping waste and harming a hell of a lot of people round Sierra Leone http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8259765.stm The original e-mails are even online http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/16/trafigura-email-files-read
So what's the new news that makes gagging people worth it. Not that gagging is really helping the case. The information was already out there, and so it's published on the web. In this case it seems it's even already available on UK sites, rather than the usual need to publish internationally (I believe this counts as internationally too). It's trending on twitter at the moment inevitably (try #carter-ruck #guardian #trafigura) In fact the only people who are having difficulty talking about it are the people who happen to be the 'free press' on a small island just off France.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8259765.stm The original e-mails are even online http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/16/trafigura-email-files-read So what's the new news that makes gagging people worth it. Not that gagging is really helping the case. The information was already out there, and so it's published on the web. In this case it seems it's even already available on UK sites, rather than the usual need to publish internationally (I believe this counts as internationally too). It's trending on twitter at the moment inevitably (try #carter-ruck #guardian #trafigura) In fact the only people who are having difficulty talking about it are the people who happen to be the 'free press' on a small island just off France.
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Minton report: Trafigura toxic dumping along the Ivory Coast broke EU regulation
13.10.2009 10:04
wikileaks
Some corporate coverage...
13.10.2009 11:04
Spector
Not the only time...
13.10.2009 13:06
Alan
Carter Ruck also censoring books
13.10.2009 13:21
Maybe it's time to have some activism against Carter Ruck and certain sections of the corporate media. Climate Camp style invasion of Wapping?
Anonymous
Carter Ruck address and map
13.10.2009 15:53
cock robin
coverage
13.10.2009 20:44
about the dumping 3 years ago...
greenalert
Website
14.10.2009 20:29
Jon