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AIBU to think mumsnet should do at least some vetting of the blogs before endorsing?

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WidowWadman · 25/01/2012 13:18

On another site I came across the link to www.mumsnothavingchemo.com/ which proudly sports the "Mumsnet Bloggers Network" button.

The blog is about foregoing medical treatment of cancer in favour of all kinds of woo from homeopathy to Burzynski's neoplastons.

Now, I think everyone should be free to blog about what they like, and I'm more angry with snake oil salesmen selling false hope than with the desperate ones who buy it, but I think it reflects badly on the blogging network to endorse a blog which - disclaimer or not - propagates foregoing medical treatment for cancer.

The blogging network is just another vehicle to raise advertising revenue, but do contents like that not ring any alarm bells at all?

The blog reads like one big advertorial for alt med cancer treatments - doesn't it actually sail quite close to what is prohibited in the Cancer Act 1939, and therefore go against the editorial guidelines?

(I guess I better put my hard hat on now)

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ElinorMumsnetBloggers · 26/01/2012 14:56

Hi there

I'm the editor of the bloggers network - this is an interesting thread, and I wanted to hop on to introduce myself and share a bit of insight on the network.

We spend a lot of time vetting blogger applications in several ways, which we run through here.

This blogger's a member because we think her blog's well written and might be interesting to some of our readers. We were pleased to see that she has this disclaimer on her site too:

The information and opinions provided here are believed to be accurate and sound, based on the best judgment available to the author, but readers who fail to consult appropriate health authorities assume the risk of any injuries. The publisher is not responsible for errors or omissions.

Elinor

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ElenMumsnetBloggers · 26/01/2012 16:02

Thanks for sharing your views on this. We're taking a good look at the blog now.

MNHQ

ElinorMumsnetBloggers · 26/01/2012 16:38

Hi again. We've done our research and this blog is not what it was when we let it in as a new blog back in July. We agree with you that it isn't appropriate for us to run it and we'll be removing it from the network. Thanks for pointing it out.

MNHQ

ElinorMumsnetBloggers · 26/01/2012 16:59

@forkful

cross-posted - I see that this is now leaving the NETWORK...

The damage to the MN brand may have already been done.

MNHQ -Do you not read all the new posts on all the MB blogs?

We read every single application thoroughly - and take the quality and credibility of our network very seriously. But we have hundreds of members and can't be expected to keep across every single post. We have encouraged our readers to help us here, as we explain in our editorial guidelines. We have a report button for exactly these situations, and we move fast to address issues as they arise, or through emails to [email protected]. We're really grateful for feedback.

We have taken down two blogs in our six months, which is pretty good going for a network of our size.

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