Journalists!!!!

It has been brought to my attention that members who have left comments on news threads regarding Marks accident have been contacted by the press and are asking for comments and such about Mark. I think regardless of what you are told by the press how the information you give is used, it would be more prudent and respectful not to make any comment at all.

Please please please do not give any statements. Just say out of respect for Mark and his family, you have nothing to say. If anyone should comment about Mark to the press, it should be his family.

Many thanks.

Si.

[admin]

Yes, Agreed. I wouldn't trust a journalist and further than you could throw them.

BTW, sorry to hear about ASM.

[ogden]

Originally Posted by BigApe

It has been brought to my attention that members who have left comments on news threads regarding Marks accident have been contacted by the press and are asking for comments and such about Mark.

Colour me unsurprised.

As it's an open police matter, and even those at the scene don't fully know what happened, it'd be quite inappropriate for anyone to go on the record to a journo.

Some of the public comments on the news articles in question have been incredibly distasteful.

Originally Posted by ogden

Some of the public comments on the news articles in question have been incredibly distasteful.

Shocking infact. How would they feel if it were someone close to them. Extremly insensitive and in poor taste.

- EDIT - nice to see pleanty of orger setting them streight.

Falc and I saw some on the website absolutely disgusting some of the comments on there. as for journalists John's right wouldn't trust em as far i could throw em

[G]

Originally Posted by ogden

Colour me unsurprised.

As it's an open police matter, and even those at the scene don't fully know what happened, it'd be quite inappropriate for anyone to go on the record to a journo.

Some of the public comments on the news articles in question have been incredibly distasteful.

This always happens on local new websites and even national ones. ****es me off, I swear there is people out there who go out of their way to be an **** on comment pages like that.

There a time and a place.

[SoulKiss]

Link to the site so we can all tell them where to go?

It's not required. Simply, if anyone has been contacted, please make no comment.

[timwilky]

After my neighbour, her sister and bro in law were killed by scum (in a nicked car) driving the wrong way on the M55, some years ago. We found out about it 3 hours later by a journalist knocking on out door asking our opinion of our neighbour and reaction to her death. (Door was closed on them)

These type of ambulance chasers are truly the lowest, and don't deserve to be called journalists.

It's sad that all they want to do is make money from someone's demise.