JCT: Brantford Expositor David Judd has responded to my
complaints about a false story about me and omissions from
my letter of complaint:

>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:59:52 -0400 (EDT)
>From: djudd@... (David Judd)
>Subject: expositor letter to the editor
>To: turmel@...

Mr. Turmel:
Mel Sufrin of the Ontario Press Council has asked me to
respond to your complaint of Nov. 7, 2007.
On Oct. 5, 2007, The Expositor published your letter to the
editor in response to our editorial 'Turmel's turmoil' of
Sept. 29.
The letter was published substantially as written. URLs were
omitted from the letter because, as I wrote to you in an e-
mail, they did not link to the items that you intended. The
URLs did not go to your 'transcript' (which we do not accept
as complete) nor to your complaint to the press council. The
URLs went only to a page urging readers to sign up for Yahoo
groups.
I tested the URLs a couple of times and they failed to go to
the intended pages. As such, I edited them from your letter.
David Judd Managing editor

JCT: Not a word about the false story that was the subject
of my original complaint, so I wrote to the Press Council:

May 27 2008

Mel Sufrin,
Ontario Press Council
2 Carlton Street, #1706
Toronto, ON M5B 1J3
Tel/fax: 416-340-1981/8724
Email: info@...

re: Expositor reply to "Turmel's Turmoil" editorial

Dear Sir:

On April 14 2008, Expositor Editor David Judd responded to
my complaint about the "Turmel's Turmoil" editorial which
repeated false allegations about my behavior and statements
at a previous 2006 political debate in a report by Michael
Allan Marion for which I had originally complained to the
Ontario Press Council in 2006 (with tape recording) and
about the omission of URLs backing up my complaint from my
letter.

Editor David Judd answers the complaint about the omission
of the URLs without dealing with the veracity of the 2006
original report which, touted his Editor's note:
"The Expositor stands by the accuracy of Michael-Allan
Marion's reporting about John Turmel."

This is the real issue Mr. Judd has not dealt with, the
original complaint about the repetition of the false 2006
report behind which Mr. Judd stands, not merely the
subsequent complaint about whether the omissions from my
complaint were warranted.

I hope Mr. Judd answers the real question. If not, I think
the Press Council should.

Yours truly,
John C. Turmel

JCT: So now we wait to see what Judd has to say about the
false story. Remember, the last time I complained to the
Council about the reporter's lie, Judd refused to respond
and the Council then decided not to have a trial of the
issue for which there was no defence.

Now Judd's taken the opportunity to tackle a subsidiary
issue while once again not having an answer for the veracity
of the report he says he stands behind. When he ducks it
again, what are the odds the Press Council will duck it
again too?