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Gable’s Fables 6: Searchlight Apologizes for “Not Checking Its Facts”
Under
a heading "Whoops, sorry" in Ray Hill's column in the March 1993 edition of
Searchlight, it was explained how Searchlight had printed information about
one Barry Osbourne who worked as a housing officer for the London Borough of
Newham. Barry Osbourne was a BNP candidate in the 1992 local elections in Searchlight apologised "unreservedly" to the council and Mr. Osbourne, saying “we were stupid not to check the facts.” Indeed. In
another case, an apolitical friend of NF activist Phil Andrews in Middlesex,
was named as being Derek Holland of National Front fame. Searchlight ran a story about the "NF
chief", of the same name, living in " |
Gable
and Searchlight often print names, home addresses, work place details and
other information designed to bring trouble to anyone they don’t like –
they have been condemned for this by a judge on at least one occasion.