{"id":4431,"date":"2020-09-07T03:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T07:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4431"},"modified":"2020-09-07T03:39:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T07:39:12","slug":"telegraph-lifts-website-paywall-in-response-to-extinction-rebellion-assault-on-the-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4431","title":{"rendered":"Telegraph Lifts Website Paywall In Response To Extinction Rebellion \u2018Assault On The Free Press\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/uk\/202009071080385949-live-updates-wikileaks-founder-assanges-extradition-trial-resumes\/\">WikiLeaks Founder Assange&#8217;s Extradition Trial Resumes &#8211; Video<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputniknews.com\/img\/07e4\/09\/03\/1080355000_0:0:3071:1662_1000x541_80_0_0_c27eb6ce1055cb05aebd428fcc3c9a90.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Police officers wearing face masks and gloves due to the COVID-19 pandemic, detain an activist from the climate protest group Extinction Rebellion as they demonstrate in Parliament Square in London on September 2, 2020, on the second day of their new season of mass rebellions.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Telegraph Lifts Website Paywall In Response To Extinction Rebellion \u2018Assault On The Free Press\u2019<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>\n                        \u00a9\n                    AFP 2020 \/ TOLGA AKMEN<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/uk\/\">UK<\/a>19:01  GMT 05.09.2020Get short URLby <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/authors\/tweedie_james\/\">James Tweedie<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/uk\/202009051080376920-telegraph-lifts-website-paywall-in-response-to-extinction-rebellion-assault-on-the-free-press\/#comments\">4<\/a>51Subscribe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\n Friday, environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion blockaded three \nprintworks used by the Times, The Sun, The Telegraph and the Daily Mail \nwho they accused of failing to report on climate change issues \n&#8216;accurately&#8217;. Home Secretary Priti Patel condemned it as an attack on \nthe free press and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British newspaper <em>The Telegraph<\/em> has lifted its paywall for the weekend after an Extinction Rebellion (XR) blockade it dubbed a bid to &#8220;stifle our free press.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Telegraph editor Chris Evans tweeted: &#8220;It\u2019s free until Monday morning. Do enjoy &#8211; and feel free to agree or disagree. That\u2019s democracy&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bFriday&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/uk\/202009051080372066-extinction-rebellion-protesters-block-newspaper-printing-sites-in-uk---photos-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">actions by the environmentalist group<\/a> at three print works in England and Scotland blocked deliveries of\u00a0<em>The Times, The Sun, The Scottish Sun, The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0<em>Daily Mail<\/em>, all conservative-leaning titles which have a combined daily circulation of some 3 million copies.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/viral\/202009051080375534-spectator-chairman-bans-adverts-from-the-co-op-after-supermarket-chain-seeks-to-influence-content\/\"><\/a>                         \u00a9                    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Wikipedia \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/22\/The_Co-operative_Tilehurst.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">Kaihsu Tai<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Co-operative_Tilehurst.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">The Co-operative Tilehurst<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/viral\/202009051080375534-spectator-chairman-bans-adverts-from-the-co-op-after-supermarket-chain-seeks-to-influence-content\/\">Spectator Chairman Bans Adverts From The Co-Op After Supermarket Chain Seeks To \u2018Influence Content\u2019<\/a>The  group claimed it was\u00a0&#8220;using disruption to expose the failure of these  corporations to accurately report on the climate and ecological  emergency,&#8221; as protesters chained themselves to delivery vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/09\/05\/right-free-speech-telegraphs-journalism-free-read-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a message on the Telegraph website<\/a>, which referred to XR as &#8220;extremists,&#8221; Evans said:&nbsp;&#8220;I\u2019m very concerned&nbsp;by the attack on free speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Whatever your politics, you should be\n worried by this,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There are also questions for the police \nwho perhaps placed the right of these few people to protest above the \nright of the rest of the people to read a free press.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Daily Mail<\/em> political commentator Dan Hedges blamed the &#8220;liberal establishment&#8221; for encouraging XR to act illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bHome Secretary Priti Patel also condemned the XR protest, tweeting: \n&#8220;This attack on our free press, society and democracy is completely \nunacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bEvans prodded opposition Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer on his reticence to comment on the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1302234089802563584&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fuk%2F202009051080376920-telegraph-lifts-website-paywall-in-response-to-extinction-rebellion-assault-on-the-free-press%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SputnikInt&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bBut former Labour MP for Vauxhall hailed the &#8220;excellent decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1302278121375379456&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fuk%2F202009051080376920-telegraph-lifts-website-paywall-in-response-to-extinction-rebellion-assault-on-the-free-press%2F&amp;siteScreenName=SputnikInt&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bIn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2020\/09\/05\/police-response-extinction-rebellions-protest-pathetic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a piece for the Telegraph<\/a>,\n another former Labour MP Ian Austin called the response of the \nHertfordshire Police Force to the protest in Broxbourne &#8220;pathetic.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Don\u2019t we have the right to read what \nwe want and to go to work?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;You can\u2019t have protesters or \npoliticians deciding what people can or can\u2019t read. And you can\u2019t \nprevent newspapers being published and distributed because you disagree \nwith their editorial line.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2019, Heathrow Pause, a splinter group led by XR \nco-founder Roger Hallam, put tens of thousands of passengers&#8217; lives at \nrisk when they <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/europe\/201909131076790236-climate-activists-nabbed-at-heathrow-over-conspiracy-to-ground-flights-with-drones---police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted to fly remote-controlled drones<\/a> over London&#8217;s biggest airport. At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/sep\/14\/extinction-rebellion-co-founder-arrested-at-heathrow-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">19 people including Hallam<\/a> were arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WikiLeaks Founder Assange&#8217;s Extradition Trial Resumes &#8211; Video Telegraph Lifts Website Paywall In Response To Extinction Rebellion \u2018Assault On The Free Press\u2019 \u00a9 AFP 2020 \/ TOLGA AKMENUK19:01 GMT 05.09.2020Get short URLby James Tweedie451Subscribe On Friday, environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4431\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,2394,2056,2393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4432,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4431\/revisions\/4432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}