This is what a Newsquest journalist told me about what they think of the company taking online ads for the BNP.
"I was first alerted to it by our NUJ FoC, who was very concerned about it. Other NQ colleagues have said they would go on strike if their paper took the advertising. Personally, I would feel deeply uncomfortable if the website took the ad - the Essex ones are bad enough, but the banner ads are sickening.
"It's difficult enough keeping the extremists off your messageboards with our policy to only remove comments when reported - allowing the BNP an even more legitimate platform like this undermines the credibility of the paper.
"There's already calls to boycott Newsquest papers on Twitter - http://twitter.com/don_simon1977/status/1836853907 - and I'm sure that won't be the last."
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