Thanks to The Times, more Fuzz blogs bites the dust
Monday Jun 22, 2009
I don't have a lot of interaction with the Police, and may it remain so. I do read a couple of blogs which are from serving Police officers and it comes across that they live in the interactions of madness between bureaucracy and the failings of society. The world is much more complex, but as a 40,000ft view, it works for me.
Most of the Police are human and try to do a good job. Some officers are "unsuited for the role" and get it very wrong, but that is true of any walk of life. On the odd occasion I have been in a UK town late on a Friday or Saturday night, they really do have some quality idiots to deal with.
It really bothers me that "The Times", a paper which I had some respect for and bought on occasions, sought to expose the identity of an anonymous Police Blogger. The side effect of the action of The Times is that a number of the better Police bloggers have stopped writing or are having such thoughts including Stressed Out Cop and The Plastic Fuzz.
The Times has moved off my "buy" list of papers. If their editorial judgement is this bad, then can you trust what you are reading? The worst of tabloid journalism having a negative impact on freedom of expression and informing the public on what is really happening if they have to dial 999.
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