! demonstrates a number of failures, showing both an over-reliance on unregulated blogs and Wikipedia, as well as a willingness to dismiss IPSO compliant newspapers because of their political leanings. These concerns are most apparent in two examples in which stories about speakers’ connections to extremists are dismissed as defamatory, despite no evidence of any successful action against the newspapers mentioned. In the first example, the assessor states, “considering the source, I feel this [article] should be omitted from the risk assessment” in relation to the Daily Mail. The second says that the speaker “has been defamed by both the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph. Due to the sources, I do not think they should even be listed here, because of the bias.”5 As such, any forms to be filled in must highlight the importance of using credible and regulated sources, avoiding fringe forums, websites making unsubstantiated claims and pieces stating personal opinion without providing evidence. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 ‘External Speakers Form’, Queen Mary University Students’ Union, February 2016. 5! !