Credibility of sources is vital

October 15, 2015

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I was disappointed to see your recent article and blog post on 바카라사이트 government ¡°naming and shaming¡± universities over extremist speakers, both of which gave undue prominence to 바카라사이트 opinions of partisan activists attempting to smear our work at Student Rights and undermine 바카라사이트 government¡¯s counter-extremism efforts (¡°Prevent strategy: naming and shaming of universities sparks concern¡±, News, 1 October; ¡°The questions raised by Prevent ¡®naming and shaming¡¯¡±, 5 October).

David Miller and Hilary Aked, quoted as 바카라사이트 sole sources of concern about our work, are involved in ongoing campaigns to label 바카라사이트 government¡¯s Prevent strategy and its supporters as racist. They do so from within Spinwatch, an organisation funded by 바카라사이트 very extremists whom 바카라사이트 policy aims to challenge.

Aked has sought support from activists who have declared that apostates should face 바카라사이트 death penalty and that Muslims should boycott 바카라사이트 police, while a number of extremists, including members of 바카라사이트 group Cage, were given a platform at a conference hosted by Miller at 바카라사이트 University of Bath this year.

In addition, your reports have referenced poorly informed students¡¯ union motions drafted as part of a campaign run by Aked ¨C inadvertently supporting denigration from a partisan source with material provided to students by that same source.

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No substantive criticism of our work is made and instead 바카라사이트re are dark claims of ¡°dubious provenance¡± or ¡°neoconservative¡­agenda[s]¡±. This is something that those familiar with Spinwatch¡¯s modus operandi of smears and innuendo will recognise but that should not provide 바카라사이트 basis for professional articles in a serious journal such as 온라인 바카라.

Rupert Sutton
Student Rights


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