[OccupySheffield] [OccupySheffieldPrivate] Today's Radio Thing

[David Kirkham]

Hello Just a small correction; the name to contact should read as Mike Woodcock.  I think what also warrants complaint is Foster's inability to let Nigel or Sam finish their responses to the few actual questions he did put to them, and his blatant statements of his own opinion unsupported by evidence.  For instance, saying that a small number of people at an Occupation in a city of half a million means we do not represent the views of the city; one could have countered that the Cathedral was barely half full on Remembrance Sunday so that shows that most people in Sheffield could not give a hoot about those who have died in conflict and war.  Foster also tried to make out that there had been little fighting on Church St prior to the arrival of Occupy yet anyone who's lived in Sheffield for any period of time will know that is not true. There may also be a conflict of interest with Foster and the Cathedral here:  http://www.sheffieldcathedral.org/news/press/last-laugh.php?PHPSESSID=3b7cac4fd3e7291943b8f390c320c4bc Foster also said that apart from his interview, our Occupation had received no media publicity in the week; yet Occupy Sheffield appeared on BBC Look North earlier in the week (following on from a feature on Occupy Leeds).   Sheffield Live radio have been featuring us.  We are making constant and ever improving use of social media.  Our joint direct action with UKUncut on 17th December was seen by hundreds of people and received a lot of online coverage locally.  And the most important publicity is coming from actually meeting and talking to so many diverse people in person at camp.  Everyone apart from Peter Bradley that is.    



David 
 
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 From: NRSlack at aol.com
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:51:33 -0500
To: info at occupysheffield.org.uk
Subject: [OccupySheffieldPrivate] Today's Radio Thing








Hi all.
 
Just wanted to suggest that occupiers may want to consider a complaint 
about something I heard Toby Foster say in this mornings broadcast.  Please 
listen for yourselves to see if I'm right but I think I heard him say that we 
were disrupting the "Good Christians of Sheffield in their worship".  To me 
this suggests that those of our members who are active Christians, (Deacon Dave, 
Maureen, Mary, etc) are not good Christians. 
 
I didn't get chance to pick him up on this at the time but if you feel it 
merits a complaint, here are the means to do it;
 
Phone Luke Woodcock on 0114 267 5440
 
We shouldn't let him get away with this after such an uneven discussion, 
though I hope Sam and I held our end up.
 
Thanks
Nigel.
 
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