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A bit of digging turns up one supporter (I presume) who appears to believe that the plaintiffs case has been bankrolled by the BBC. At least, that's the impression I get from his FoI request:
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There's a lot of sensible stuff on there too, but WhatDoTheyKnow is a great source of nuttery for those who - like me - miss the quality of insanity that used to express itself in old-school letters pages, but which has now all been swallowed up by the insatiable maw of the internet.
For instance - another Freedom of Information request from the same individual who made the above:
I mean, even if you think he does have a point, would you make a Freedom of Information request, or would you just shout at the telly for a bit, like any normal person?
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
Can you please tell me if any public money ( licence fees) has been used or is likely to be used to help private claimants take legal action against a) Richard D Hall and b) The Irish Light Newspaper....
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There's a lot of sensible stuff on there too, but WhatDoTheyKnow is a great source of nuttery for those who - like me - miss the quality of insanity that used to express itself in old-school letters pages, but which has now all been swallowed up by the insatiable maw of the internet.
For instance - another Freedom of Information request from the same individual who made the above:
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
I would like to know how the decision to require newsreaders and correspondents to put a stress on every third or fourth consecutive word in a sentence was made. It is totally annoying, makes it difficult to follow the gist of the message and is, quite simply, bad use of English!!...
I mean, even if you think he does have a point, would you make a Freedom of Information request, or would you just shout at the telly for a bit, like any normal person?
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