'Call me biased and I'll sue'?

I posted the other day about DB's attempts to comment on Justin Webb's blog. If you remember, Webb referred to his comment in a post last Saturday, but it had been referred to the moderators, which made it a bit tricky for readers to know what he was on about. Anyway, as a further demonstration of their ineptitude, it seems the blog moderators have now reinstated the comment (it's number 6), but only after emailing DB to inform him that it was removed for being "defamatory". This is, well, interesting from a legal perspective, but more so in the context of the Beeb's accountablity (which they're dead keen on). Don't forget the Beeb says one of the benefits of its blogs is that they help boost accountability to the audience but not, it seems, if you want to take them to take to task for failing to meet their Charter commitments – or in fact even if you want to remind them to do so.

From the Sun

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