RailGate Reporters' Clubhouse....Let The Spanking Begin!

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As we mentioned earlier today, Spanky/Neal Hall and his Gang of Four proMedia reporters have decided that Robin Mathews should not be accredited for the RailGate Trial, ostensibly because he is ......gasp!...... a Blogger.....


Jim Scott of the Saltspring Island News has already weighed in:

".......But now (with the real trial finally about to begin), it appears that Robin Mathews who has contributed so much to the (Legislature Raids) blog and who, more often than not, was the only reporter present throughout the long proceedings that have led to next Monday's trial date, has been denied press credentials for the trial. Visit BC Mary's blog to view this latest twist and to search the archives for background to the trial. If you care about justice in British Columbia (legal and social), you owe yourself some time there......."


Truth be told, it is baffling to me why a press accreditation committee would want to limit the press coverage of the trial, even if it is in the purely amateur 'citizen journalist' realm.

So.....does this mean that a true independent like, say, Sean Holman would be turned down also?

Or....how about our friend Laila, who simultaneously blogs as a true amateur and who also does paid freelance work?


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