THE IMAGE of women is, of distorted by the newspapers, which at the same time are happy to suppress news and information on women's rights. la Hull, this censorship also extends to the advertising columes, When the Hull Working Women's Charter Group recently held a conference encitled "Women's Oppres by PAULINESTANTON sion', we arrempted to advertise ir in the Hull Doily Mail. When the secretary of the group first ring the paper she was told after a pause — that as the title of the conference might cause offence!), she would have to to placebe advert.
When then ensued was a ridiculous charade of taking the advert in, being told by the counter staff that it would bave to be dealt with over the phone and then, no, it couldn't, etc. Theadvert never appeared.
Meanwhile, the National Front is regularly allowed to advertise in the paper, as is the anti-abortion Life outfit. The National Abortiou Campaign hashad its adverts banned.
The Working Women's Charter Group in Hull has complained to the local branch of the National Union of Journalists and to SLADE. We bave also written to the editor of the Hual Duity Mail, which happens to be owned by Westminster Press - the company resisting the demand for a closed shop by journalists in Darlington because this would be a threat to "press froedom'!
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 5 January 1978 maintain neutrality. They keep