Hackney Gazette refuses to take BNP ad

posted by: Nick L | on: Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 07:22

I'd just like to congratulate everyone who lobbied the Hackney Gazette against taking a BNP advert. In a statement issued yesterday the editor revealed that he was now refusing to take it. Here is what he said:

'We have concluded that it is not in the best interests of the community to publish the advertisement in the Hackney Gazette. Nor is it right to give the BNP further publicity through a prolonged public debate about the merits of the organisation and its advertising campaign. The balance of arguments in this debate has been extremely difficult but we believe that we have come to the right conclusion.'

Dozens, if not hundreds, of people have written in to Archant publishers complaining about the BNP adverts that went into their newspapers last week. The actions of the Hackney Gazette shows that, with a little bit of pressure, BNP money can be refused.