Freedom of speech

[spunagain]

Sorry for the rant, but... A friend of mine has a new baby and has signed up with a company which washes nappies- they deliver clean ones, and take away the dirty ones, environmentally sound and also cheaper than disposables! A local TV station is doing a piece on whashable nappy week and the company asked my friend if they could film her changing baby and demo the nappy. She was happy to so as she is very keen on them and has quoted things to me such as "each disposalble nappy used half a cup of oil" from green websites and feels strongly about it. The TV crew interviewed her but at the end said they would probably not be able show it as she had said that she went for washable ones because "she did not know what the disposable nappies were made of and hence would not put something against her baby's skin that she knew nothing about." The TV company had been contacted by a nappy company threateneing legal action as soon as they had annouced the piece on a preview. An that they feared legal attacks if they broadcasted my friends (true and fair IMHO) comments. She even stayed well clear of the contraversial oil claim.

So a week to promote an worthwhile cause (remember the thousands of tonnes of landfill filled with disposable nappies (up to half the total volume of waste of a family with one baby) is being severely diluted by corporate lawyers. I sadly have no solution, I am just annoyed by it all. How many other worthwile promotions are watered down or culled completely by the use of corporate legal bullying?

[plotloss]

I would suggest its the fault of the TV production company for caving in...

Matt.

[gargamel]

you can't be sued for telling the truth - nor indeed for saying "green groups speculate that each nappy uses a cup of oil "

Sounds like tv company got cold feet about it.

[gnomesmith]

Or perhaps they checked where their advertising revenue comes from and decided to PAMPER their clients.

[Hughesie2]

gnomesmith said: Or perhaps they checked where their advertising revenue comes from and decided to PAMPER their clients.

Or give them a HUGgie