On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:24:00 -0000, "Martin Underwood"
wrote:

It's interesting that Bombadier seem to have backed down a bit and are
saying that the news pages can now go ahead proving the info is checked (ie
censored) by them. I wonder why (according to Stephen's info) they
originally weren't prepared even to indicate which info was wrong or to
discuss it with him - they just branded everything "libellous rubbish".

Perhaps they were simply trying to scare him? Asking objectors to put
their specific complaints in writing (then putting details of the
complaint on the website if possible) can be a good way getting
complainers to change their minds. If they have to sit down and think
what is "libellous rubbish", they might change their minds about what
it is.

I bet Bombadier's and Tramlink's PR departments have been working overtime
over the past few days trying to work out how to play down the negative
publicity of the newspaper stories which could easily be far more damaging
for them than the apparent libels on the site.

Given some other things (see what the Free Tibet people have to say
about Bombardier), I doubt they really care. How many Croydon
newspaper readers would be likely to go out and buy a tram or aircraft
anyway?!

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Arthur Figgis wrote in
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:24:00 -0000, "Martin Underwood"
wrote:

I bet Bombadier's and Tramlink's PR departments have been working
overtime over the past few days trying to work out how to play down
the negative publicity of the newspaper stories which could easily
be far more damaging for them than the apparent libels on the site.

Given some other things (see what the Free Tibet people have to say
about Bombardier), I doubt they really care. How many Croydon
newspaper readers would be likely to go out and buy a tram or aircraft
anyway?!

It only takes a few copies of the relevant newspaper clippings or URLs to
websites to be sent to the right people in the companies which are potential
customers and they'd start to ask Bombadier what it's all about and what
they've got to hide if they are trying to censor an enthusiast's site.
Perish the thought that anyone might feel strongly enough to go out and do
that... ;-)