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<DIV>I think the issue that Julian highlights below is a difficult area. If you've <U>started</U> a campaign on the stations website I think that does compromise the impartiality of the station as it seems to me your website is part of your output as a whole. </DIV>
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<DIV>I think it is very different if you're pointing site visitors to someone else's campaign and its labelled as such. </DIV>
<DIV>What your volunteers and listeners decide to do (if anything) is a matter for them as individuals of course... Which brings up the thorny area of.... If the station is behind a campaign (or mounts one) are you sure that speaks for all of those involved in the station.</DIV>
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<DIV>Am not suggesting that you've done this Julian, merely widening the debate</DIV>
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<DIV>Its an interesting area, good luck with it all Julian, <BR> </DIV>
<P>Best Wishes<BR>Andy Wass<BR>Admin/Manager</P>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Julian Mellor <julian@10radio.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> CMA-L <cma-l@commedia.org.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, 10 January, 2011 15:40:28<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [cma-l] comty radio and campaigning<BR></FONT><BR>Just to clarify, this isn't so much about how to be impartial on air - <BR>it's about whether our on-air impartiality (which we can do) is <BR>compromised by us taking a very partial line off-air. At the moment, <BR>off-air, we have a very large foot in the "save our libraries" <BR>campaign, but some people are worried that that compromises the <BR>impartiality of our fm broadcasts.<BR><BR>And there's no funding (aka don't want to upset them) issues here; the <BR>council in question don't fund us.<BR><BR>Julian<BR><BR>On 10 Jan 2011, at
15:31, Marilyn Hyndman wrote:<BR><BR>> .......you can't be expected to have 'balance' in every programme <BR>> but you can achieve 'balance' across a schedule.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR>cma-l mailing list - <A href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</A><BR><BR>Community Media Association - www.commedia.org.uk<BR>_______________________________________________<BR><BR>To manage your mailing list subscription please visit:<BR><A href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</A><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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