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Originally Posted by martyh
Or maybe you could accept that the local didn't get the story untill after the print deadline or they just didn't think it was newsworthy or they just didn't know about it instead of jumping to conclusions that the government are blocking the free press
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Considering that they have been known to report on wheelie bin fires more than two weeks after they happened, then the deadline theory doesn't apply.
It was far more newsworthy than most of the stories that they print. I mean come on, a 2 year old boy playing with a lighter, and causing a fire that very nearly killed him and his mother. Both resuscitated on scene, and then rushed to hospital. Then the toddler had to be transferred to Adenbrooks where he had to undergo a complete blood transfusion due to his blood being saturated with carbon monoxide. And then being kept in hospital for another three weeks until he recovered.....no I can't see that being newsworthy, can you?
And they did know about it, because the press officer, who is the partner of a friend of mine actually gave them the report. As she also did for the RTC I mentioned. As the Ambulance press officer (who I also know well) also did. So that theory doesn't work either.
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Originally Posted by martyh
seriously??? you have no idea why the government using exceptional powers for such a trivial story ,or any story other than ones involving national security would cause a scandal
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I've explained that over and over again. There was a pay dispute, and the government didn't want public opinion to be on the side of the firefighters. So any stories that put them in a good light are supressed. And they release loads of propoganda (much of it lies) to make firefighters look bad. This is also done to stop firefighters putting over their side of the dispute.
It isn't a matter of national security, but they would have blown it all out of proportion.