Via, oooh, lots of people including A Very Public Sociologist and Liberal Conspiracy comes the opportunity to stick it to a large multinational with nasty lawyers.
On his blog, Don't Get Fooled Again, Richard Wilson writes:
Late last week the BBC chose to delete from its website a damning Newsnight investigation into the Trafigura scandal, following legal threats from the company and its controversial lawyers, Carter-Ruck.
The mainstream UK media has so far assiduously avoided reporting on the BBC’s climbdown. Yet it’s an issue that raises serious questions about the state of press freedom in Britain, at a time of unprecedented attacks on the media.
So here is that film and here's a link to this censored report of Trafigura's activities
Think of it as an early Christmas treat and remember, it's better to give than receive so pass it on.
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