I'm in a minority of not liking social media in the vein of Facebook and so on. So I don't do it, and, much to my surprise my kids and their pals - not kids anymore, don't do it either. Nor do they trust anything they read on their devices. So there is hope that they are not all sucked in...yet! So whilst I am aware of Mr Dales efforts, I'm not a viewer. But his being banned is an outrage given what is permitted. It demonstrates the way in which control is in the hands of faceless remote organisations. We have enough of that in other areas of life here. And news media ought to be the first line of defence. Not controlled by it. What this really underlines is the need for a fully independent proper free press. Something that has eroded over the past 25 years to virtually nothing to the extent of infecting Regional and National Newspapers to little more than spoon fed clickbait. Good Papers  (and West London had several really good local papers ) are the bedrock of democracy and a thorn in the side of any authority or dodgy business or corporation. They have all slid into mediocrity and what passes on the internet is simply dreadful. Even the BBC is pretty awful and that's about as good as it gets for mainstream reporting. All long gone,  with good solid, well trained, incisive, clear, articulate and impartial journalists and reporters are now nudging retirement age.  The vacuum this leaves may never be replaceable. News based publications have to be registered as a Newspaper at the Post Office - who oversaw communications. That meant that what is published had to be ( supposedly ) true, accurate and impartial. Along with other guidelines.  But it also means that they can be sued for libel. That in itself meant the reporting had to be thorough, checked and double checked and notes and recordings kept. That was most adhered to by local Newspapers as the consequences would be loss of credibility and close the publication. The rise of Press Officers and PR Companies, briefed to control flow of information and usually made up of a mix of fortune seeker and failed journalists has contributed to the loss of credibility to news media.  That had been a significant blow to Press freedom prior to the arrival of the Internet. The arrival of web based does away with all that and it has become the Wild West with no credibility. Maybe Mr Dale should register as a Newspaper and use a different platform online.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
John Dale suspension and Meta	05/06/25 14:28:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Reply	05/06/25 17:27:00	Ben Halloren
Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	05/06/25 21:39:00	Anne England
Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	06/06/25 10:33:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	06/06/25 14:56:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Re:Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	06/06/25 18:22:00	Guy Lambert
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	10/06/25 10:42:00	Keith Iddon
Re:Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	12/06/25 09:39:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	13/06/25 09:14:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	10/06/25 09:16:00	Anne England
Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	10/06/25 11:11:00	Steve Bullman
Re:Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	10/06/25 12:05:00	Paul Fisher
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:John Dale suspension and Meta	10/06/25 12:12:00	Steve Bullman
Brentford Today and TV	12/06/25 18:02:00	Joan Adamson
Re:Brentford Today and TV	12/06/25 18:12:00	Joan Adamson
Now who would do that?	13/06/25 12:26:00	Anne England
Re:Now who would do that?	13/06/25 17:25:00	Eric Baker
Re:Re:Now who would do that?	13/06/25 22:55:00	Guy Lambert

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