The Orcadian newspaper in Orkney and Wyvex Media which owns The Oban Times, Lochaber Times, Campbeltown Courier, Arran Banner and Argyllshire Advertiser have refused to publish $camon $cotland's whistleblower hotline advert (the offending adverts have already been published by The National, Stornoway Gazette, The Shetland Times and West Highland Free Press)!
Here's the refusal from The Orcadian newspaper (owned by the Orkney Media Group – which is controlled by S & JD Robertson Group Ltd) who claimed that "the advert, and the website listed, contain imagery where the accuracy and method of presentation could potentially be considered inaccurate, misleading or distorted":
From: adverts@orcadian.co.uk <adverts@orcadian.co.uk>
Date: Mon, May 8, 2023 at 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Advert
To: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Hi Don,
To ensure our compliance with the IPSO Editor’s Code, we have determined to decline to run your proposed advert. The advert, and the website listed, contain imagery where the accuracy and method of presentation could potentially be considered inaccurate, misleading or distorted.
From IPSO:
Clause 1 (Accuracy)
- i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines not supported by the text.
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may wish to raise a complaint with IPSO:
Independent Press Standards Organisation,
Gate House,
1 Farringdon Street,
London
EC4M 7LG.
Telephone: 0300 123 2220
Email: complaints@ipso.co.uk
Kind regards
Inga
| 01856 879000 ext 105 | adverts@orcadian.co.uk | orcadian.co.uk |
$camon $cotland replied:
Date: Mon, May 8, 2023 at 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Advert
To: adverts@orcadian.co.uk <adverts@orcadian.co.uk>
Here's the photo as published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate (sourced from Mowi's RSPCA Assured salmon farm at North Shore in Loch Erisort on the Isle of Lewis):
Here's $camon $cotland's advert which adds a red card and a whistle to the Mowi photo (as published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate):
Wyvex Media (which owns The Oban Times, Arran Banner, Campbeltown Courier, Scottish Field, Argyllshire Advertise and Fish Farmer magazine) also refused to publish $camon $cotland's whistleblower hotline advert:
Date: Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Subject: Scamon advertising
To: <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Advertising Sales Director
Wyvex Media – Newspaper Division
T: 01631 568014
When pressed on why Wyvex Media (owned by Oban-based Mrs Joan Peake Bennett and Mr Howard Grimwade Bennet) refused to publish the advert, Nicky Murphy merely stated that "we have a right to decline advertising":
Date: Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Scamon advertising
To: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Scamon advertising
To: Nicky Murphy <nmurphy@wyvexmedia.co.uk>
Cc: Editor Oban Times <editor@obantimes.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 11:38 AM
Subject: Quote re. decline of advert
To: Nicky Murphy <nmurphy@wyvexmedia.co.uk>
Cc: Editor Oban Times <editor@obantimes.co.uk>, Kathie Griffiths <kgriffiths@obantimes.co.uk>, Sandy Neil <sneil@obantimes.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Advert
To: adverts@orcadian.co.uk <adverts@orcadian.co.uk>
Cc: Leah Seator <leah@orcadian.co.uk>, <newsroom@orcadian.co.uk>
Ecohustler recently published a more sanitized version of the whistleblower sticker which may be more palatable to newspapers:
Yo Yo!!
Get involved!
Don't let the monsters fucking up the oceans keep getting away with it. https://t.co/zt2AFNutyp#Salmon #Animals #Pollution #Scotland pic.twitter.com/tisY5dbuT1
— Ecohustler (@Ecohustler) June 15, 2023
Ecohustler reported (13 June 2023):
Whilst The Orcadian and The Oban Times have given our advert the cold shoulder other newspapers across Scotland have published them:
This is not the first time that newspapers owned by Wyvex Media in Scotland have refused to publish adverts containing negative information about salmon farming.
The Ferret reported in June 2022:
NEW: Five local newspapers in Scotland have refused to publish an advert backed by 26 environmental and community groups criticising the salmon farming industry.https://t.co/JlB58SEKGp
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) June 1, 2022
The Ferret article included:
Whilst newspapers owned by Wyvex Media refuse to publish adverts showing the salmon farming industry in a negative light, at least negative news about salmon farming has been reported in the pages of The Oban Times, Argyllshire Advertiser and Campbeltown Courier. The Oban Times reported in May 2023:
The Oban Times reported (8 June 2023):
The Oban Times reported in July 2021:
The Oban Times reported in October 2020:
The Oban Times reported in August 2020:
The Argyllshire Advertiser reported in January 2022:
The Campbeltown Courier reported in September 2018:
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