Objectivity or prejudice?
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IF THE telephone calls and letters we have received in recent weeks are indicators then CM has upset more than a few people in its editorial columns.
Our exposé on overnight express parcels services brought cries of anguish and accusations that we were unfair.
The editorial comment Forgotten Men (CM, July 28) angered both the Road Haulage Association and the Transport and General Workers' Union. The RHA's director-general, Freddie Plaskett, and Jack Ashwell of TGWU, both put pen to paper with voluble counter attacks.
We have been accused of not being objective, not stating the facts and lacking knowledge and understanding. These are opinions which we have happily published. That surely is objectivity and understanding.
More recently we have been accused of being unpatriotic by not openly supporting the British vehicle industry against the importers. That is the result of objectivity.
This week following yet another exposé (CM August 4), a Greek tour operator has accused us in the Sunday People of being "planted to write a report to favour British operators". This suggests we are ultra patriotic.
What emerges from the correspondence is that objective reporting is often unpalatable. Then so be it. CM is not, never has been and does not intend to be, the mouthpiece of any third party. We will continue to state the facts and report objectively.
We will also continue to give our readers the right to reply.