By Ferret team of Investigative Journalists
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| Episode 11 of For Fact’s Sake is all about how journalists and fact-checkers are often stifled by legal action. Or simply by councils such as West Dunbartonshire refusing them access to information or banning them from co-operation accorded to reporters under Freedom of Information custom and practice. |
| We spoke to Nik Williams from Index on Censorship (and The Ferret’s co-chair) about strategic litigation against public participation, more commonly known as SLAPPs. |
| A SLAPP is a legal threat that is often aimed at stopping an accurate piece of information from entering the public domain. |
| Also on the podcast, Ali and Paul look at a bad photoshop of Nicola Sturgeon, and discuss a fake article about the untimely death of (very much alive) celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo. |
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