Tent thread

mynameisdave

Dear Jeremy 'I'm a wuss and can't take a fair debate' Dunmore I know you are reading this forum so please can you register on this fair an open forum that will not censor your views and tell me what was wrong with this comment that you have deleted?

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Biffa

I've just spotted this comment on faceslap and couldn't help laughing....it was posted 40 minutes ago in response to someone's comment about how their tenant is wrecking the place and not paying any rent etc

Suzy Carlita Butler Sian it is a horrible situation to be in, I truly feel for you and if we can help at all let us know. This is what I went through and although I followed the book 100% legally regarding contracts/notices etc, I felt extremely strongly about... the law in this area and wanted it exposed to the public...we did nothing wrong by doing so and have ensurred that the tenant in my case will never be able to do this to someone again as well as generating huge support for getting a change in the law...it will take time, but I believe we can do it. So stay strong...you will get your house back. We'll be explaining later exactly what we are hoping to change and any insight and comments from your own experience would be appreciated.

Yes, you did everything 100% by the book, apart from you clearly had no idea about AST's, your eviction 'notice' wasn't worth the paper it was written on and harrassing your tenant, along with your media 'contacts' until your poor tenant left the property.

And how are you going to help? Send round GMTV and the local paper to sit on the doorstep?

And insight and comments appreciated, presumably as long as they are the same as your own and don't question your tactics, otherwise you'll be banished from the group??

At least the number of people liking the group is starting to come down - may be it's a sign that some of them at least have seen sense.

theartfullodger

You know, the content of almost all the posts in this thread & the previous, sadly missed, tent-related thread makes you proud to be British (or wherever else you come from).. The sense of civic duty, the spreading of helpful information & the desire to help one's fellow man/woman/ex-tenant is really quite uplifting.

Cheers!

Artful

john539

mynameisdave wrote: »

Apparently they have "Just got our video delivered live on the site today" (about an hour ago)

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tiny_tear

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I thank everyone here who has been keeping us all posted with the latest happenings in that group!

Riveting reading...

Brb

Well I've rec/d a reply from ofcom (through post).

Ofcom reference: x-xxxxxxxxx

23 August 2010

Alistair Hall
Senior Associate
Broadcast Team

Direct Line given
Direct Email given

Dear Brb (obviously I used my real name)

GMTV, ITV1, 11 - 13 August

Thank you for contacting Ofcom. We've noted your objections to the labelling of a tenant as a "squatter" in recent coverage of a tenancy dispute in Brighton between a landlord, Suzy Butler, and her former tenant, Carmen Nobre.

Although we acknowledge your concerns that this was misleading and unfair to Ms Nobre, having assessed coverage of this story I can now advise that Ofcom has not upheld your complaint. Let me explain why.

Firstly, with regards to any complaints that this coverage was unfair to the tenant, while Ofcom can investigate complaints about the unfair portrayal of individuals in programmes, legislation in the area of fairness and privacy does not permit us to consider complaints from the general public on the behalf of participants in programmes. We can only entertain complaints of unfair treatment when they are brought to our attention by the parties directly affected in the programme in this case Ms Nobre or her official representative.

Aside from Ofcom investigating a fairness complaint from a directly affected party, we can entertain complaints relating to matters of due impartiality and due accuracy in news and current affair programmes. Rule 5.1 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code directs "news, in whatever form, must be reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality".

On this occasion, while we acknowledge the legal definition of the term "squatter", we do not believe in this context that viewers would be materially misled, as Ms Nobre's status as a tenant was nevertheless made clear in the coverage on 11 August. We also note that subsequent reports did refer to Ms Nobre solely as a "tenant".

While we acknowledge the sensitivity of issues relating to tenancy rights, in this context the focus of the story was on the human interest element of Suzy Butler and her son living in a tent, and we not judge this individual case was presented in the vein of commenting on the wider issues of tenants' rights.

We're sorry you felt this treatment was misleading, but given the circumstances we do not judge this was in breach of the Code. While we haven't upheld your complaint on this occasion, thank you for taking the time to raise your concerns.

Yours sincerely

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Alistair Hall

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john539

Has anyone seen something like this on Facebook before, a page/group being ruthlessly censored to delete discussion & opposing views ?

mynameisdave

8-9pm on a Friday night ofa bank holiday weekend? Well thats one way to reduce the number of potential critics.