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wet chief of the North Shore
aa . News, told the Council it was
a matter of “apples and
oranges’’ —- Collins was talk-
ing about book banaing and
Dr, Pinkus about the validity
of the book itself. He said
Collins had cited some of the
facts of the book but did not
say it was credible.

“Wright said he had closed
debate on the issue because
the paper had a backlog of

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Letter debate should have reopened —

letters on other
waiting to be printed.
“Collins told the hearing it
was rubbish to suggest he was
challenging the Holocaust; he
was challenging censorship.
“Text of the Press Coun-
cil's adjudication follows:
‘“The Council recognizes
everyone's right to freedom
of expression. However, it

subjects

finds that Collins showed a
reckless indifference to facis
and evidence in lending some
credibility to the book.
‘Although Collins said in

the columns that he recogniz-
ed the Holocaust, he showed
no inclination to research the
facts on the issue, nor did he
attempt to dispute any of the
book's claims.

‘The Council feels the
headline on the initial August
29 column tended to lead
readers to think the column
questioned the facts of the
Holocaust, rather than de-
nouncing book banning.

‘The paper acted unfairly
in not reopening, however
briefly, a debate on the issue

in its letters-to-the-editor col-
umn. Editor Noel Wright
said debate had been closed
by way of notice in the letters
section on September 19, but
that a letter from) Pinkus
dated September 17 had ar-
rived the day after the notice
was published.

‘In this letter, which has
not been published, Pinkus
denied the allegation made by
Collins in his September 16
column that the professor

was a book banner, as was
Hitler.

‘The Council feels the
North Shore News should
have allowed Pinkus space in
order to refute the charge.

‘An aspect of the Pinkus
complaint was that Collins’
“real interest is to incite race
hatred.’ The Council found
that supposition as to Col-
lins’ real intent could not be
substantiated.

‘In considering the series

of columns and replies that
were published in the North
Shore News, the Councii con-
cluded that Collins’ initial
column was provocative,
drawing an emotional and
angry response from Pinkus.
The debate deteriorated from
there, with exchanges bet-
ween the men that went from
addressing substantive points
of disagreement into an ex-
change of vitriol and
abuse.’”’

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