[LINK] Advertisers shun free speech online

[Tom Worthington]

Graham Young reports that "On Line Opinion - Australia's free Internet
journal of social and political opinion" (which I am on the editorial
advisory board of) has lost advertising support due to its pluralistic
policy towards articles and comments:
<http://onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11583>.

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Christopher Pearson revealed
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/oversensitivity-can-only-compromise-debate/story-e6frg6zo-1226000416817> 


in /The Weekend Australian/ that we have lost advertising revenue from
IBM and ANZ because of our pluralistic policy towards articles and
comments. As a result I have written an article
<http://onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11583> for today's /On
Line Opinion./ You can also read commentary on Skeptic Lawyer
<http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2011/02/05/of-secondary-boycotts-free-speech-and-revenue/>, 


Jennifer Marohasy
<http://jennifermarohasy.com/blog/2011/02/attacking-freedom-of-speech-2/>,
Club Troppo
<http://clubtroppo.com.au/2011/02/06/troppo-bullied-by-corporarte-thugs/>
and En Passant <http://enpassant.com.au/?p=9276>. This is a very serious
situation and we're going to be looking for your help. It impacts not
just /On Line Opinion/, but the blogs in the /Domain/. ...
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