Monday, July 13, 2009

Email to Sky News

Hi,

Can you confirm if your policy is that it is acceptable for your presenters to make homophobic and defamatory remarks?

I consider it unnacceptable personally, but I would like to consider your corporate opinion before I decide my actions regarding comments that Steve Dixon made, when he said on a public internet forum that "Who said queens were losing their edge! You two old Mary's have got it in spades !" just because I did not agree with a public comment he made criticizing another TV program.
That is a defamatory statement, to which there was no evidence of my sexuality presented, and could be perceived as an invasion of my privacy.
I admit that I was critical of Sky News, which I stand by, but I do not accept that my opinion of your service warrants a personal attack. My opinion has been supported by the may people I have since discussed this with, hence my enquiry to you.
He had also said that If I did not like Sky News, then I shouldn´t watch, but then the same ought to apply for the program he was criticizing!
I await your comments.

Regards,

Mark A Nolan.

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