Talk:Jonathan Sacerdoti

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I have removed language that could be considered to be speculative, but the factual points about the Sacerdoti controversy must remain Hilariouse (talk) 16:17, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Response to User:Hilariouse[edit]

On the contrary, your additions don't adhere to WP:POV. This is what you have added:

In 2011, Sacerdoti was one of the founding directors of InstMED Limited, the corporate vehicle for a new venture, the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy.[13]

In an interview with the Jewish Telegraph, Sacerdoti’s co-director Sam Westrop said: "There is an unholy alliance between the far-left and Islamist organizations. This is representative of something far more sinister, making Israel the perfect target for which they can gain sympathy and legitimacy. The institute seeks to challenge those ideologies and educate about the actual reality of human rights."[14] In 2012, in various filings with Companies House signed by Sacerdoti and Westrop, InstMED sought to change its objectives and referred to itself as a charity, though there is no record of such a charity ever being registered with the Charity Commission.[15] Having established a seemingly-neutral shell organization, Sacerdoti began contacting news media in order to appear as a commentator on news bulletins about Israel.[16]

A BBC investigation ensued, culminating in a decision to uphold the complaints, saying "Mr Sacerdoti was introduced as the Director of the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy, and it was not made clear that he is an active proponent of the Israeli viewpoint."[17] However, the outcome also found Sacerdoti's involvement on the BBC "in keeping with the requirements of due impartiality in such matters".[17] Various blogs and newspapers covered the verdict.[18][19][20][21][22][23]

In 2013, Sacerdoti filed multiple TM01 and TM02 forms with Companies House to remove himself as a director of InstMED. Later in 2013, Westrop began proceedings to dissolve InstMED, and the process concluded in 2014.[24]''

Your edits are hardly balanced, what relevance is there to Sam Westrop and the various filings with Companies House? Having established a seemingly-neutral shell organization, is speculation at best and not up to Wiki standards (i.e. good research/balance/neutrality/impartial tone). As for your edits regarding 'various blogs and newspapers', nearly all of them are not from neutral sources.

The edit from CilantoIsNotASpice references a secondary source from the BBC. Your assumption of cause and effect about the complaint being the cause for stopping 'InstMED' is merely an assumption.'

Viewers began to suspect that Sacerdoti was not the neutral commentator that he claimed to be, leading to complaints to broadcasters, including the BBC. - the report makes it clear he did nothing wrong and deceived nobody.

The factual points before your re-edit were is the most encyclopaedic and your personal interpretation, and opinions are hardly justified of a biography of a living person.

If you disagree, then please either appropriately edit ascertaining to the facts, and editorial style adhering to Wikipedia's standards or raise a dispute (please see: WP:DR) Dmedomso (talk) 21:23, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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