Summary: This is an email sent to Lizzie Greene at the Daily Mail after her acknowledgement of the extensive retraction documents sent to her by Lighthouse International. We are sharing this in an open and transparent way to show that the burden of proof is on the Daily Mail to back up their false and misleading accusations against Paul Waugh and Lighthouse International Group.
Dear Lizzie,
Thank you for your acknowledgement of receipt. In the next few days you will be receiving a crucial addendum to what we have shared with you thus far which hits right at the core of this case of flagrant abuse of power by the Daily Mail by being a platform for disseminating the malicious falsehoods of its sources, our assailants.
In brief, you have provided a whole list of allegations, accusations and aspersions and we want proof of your fact checking and proof from your sources. You have written this article as if every statement made is true and yet you provide no evidence. In my next communication to you we will detail every single point where you have failed to provide evidence and where you will be held accountable to do so.
These maliciously false statements are causing us massive damage while you hide behind the misleading guise that it’s in the public interest. If it’s genuinely in the public interest there has to be evidence to support it. Writing aspersions that aren’t being fact checked and misleading statements that ruin people’s livelihoods and the safety of their children is desperately irresponsible.
We know that if you provided evidence in your article it would have given you a well investigated and compelling piece of journalism and yet you haven’t. Instead you ended up with some hyped up ‘he said she said’ sensationalised tabloid piece without anything substantial apart from hearsay. We know why you chose the low road here, because you and your sources had no other option because you cannot provide evidence for what is false.
We will not rest in relation to our situation until this has been rectified. The press needs to stop the way they abuse their power by how you go about writing these deliberately misleading and fallacious articles. This is a flagrant abuse of your responsibilities as news providers. We cannot afford to rest! We will fight this until we have put this to bed. This is not going away. If we have to picket outside your offices we will do so!
We would prefer to avoid the expensive process of court for all involved, but will take whatever action is necessary. We need to come to a point where this matter is treated with the responsibility it deserves.
I will update you within the next couple of days with a full list of all your allegations, accusations and aspersions that require evidence from you and your sources.
Regards
Chris Nash
The Daily Mail has been hugely irresponsible in their reporting. We are holding it publicly accountable because they thought that they could pick on us as a small group of individuals. They have completely underestimated our strength of character, our relationships, our intentions and dedication to absolute truth. It would be embarrassing for Lizzie Greene to receive such an email and such an extensive list of false accusations. Through our example we’ll help many others!
This is an important example of how to hold institutions accountable for the devastating impacts they can cause to the ordinary citizen. We cannot stand by and allow these accusations to remain publicly aired, there are real life consequences.
I hope they take this with the seriousness they ought to.
Thanks Stasia, and in line with that there needs to be a case created for truth. Its clear we cannot rely on news companies because of their agenda, so the need for an established and trust worthy news source is becoming clearer and clearer.
Thank you for writing this letter to Lizzie Greene, Chris. It is very much needed and I hope and pray she responds accordingly and provides what is needed to put this to bed once and for all. Thank you to you and everyone at Lighthouse for your relentless hard work under these attacks by the Daily Mail and you have my 100% support whatever I can do. Thank you.
Something that hit me so strongly reading this is that if the accusations made by the Daily Mail are truly in the public interest, then they have a responsibility to provide the public with the evidence to back up everything they say. People and organisations with ‘big secrets’ to hide of manipulation and coercion do not write letters like this asking for the truth to be researched, investigated and shown.
We will hold accountable the destructive and malicious, ‘constructive saboteurs’ and trolls of Lighthouse. This work we do now will help many people and companies that are innocently smeared by the media, with little, false or no proof.
I think you nailed it when you said : “Writing aspersions that aren’t being fact checked and misleading statements that ruin people’s livelihoods and the safety of their children is desperately irresponsible.” Just imagine if anyone who was working in order to support their families worked like that? How long would they carry on for? Imagine if that was the approach Lighthouse International Group took towards mentoring and coaching? I hope that someone at the Daily Mail, like Lizzie Greene, has some level of reality to look at this with balance.
Brilliant, not letting the Daily Mail get away with it, that’s the distinct picture I came away with. The sneaky acts of an organisation that care less about anyone else bar their profits, their acts are being exposed, hiding behind other people who they believe will take the fall, not them if it doesn’t work out. It’s almost as important to ensure the Daily Mail to are held and takes full responsibility for its actions. What I love about this letter it’s seeing the sneaky ways and close to the door to them, bringing clearly the spotlight on them. We’re coming for you Daily Mail and we won’t rest until your veil behaviour is vanquished or changed through your responsibility is taken fully.
“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair”. – C. S. Lewis
Powerful, straight to the point and strong message as those standing on the right side of truth have nothing to hide. The Daily Mail like all those who are trolling as malicious saboteurs have the burden of proof for their false and misleading accusations. Thank you for sharing this and for being open and transparent for all to see. The Daily Mail and these trolls need to be held to account as spreading malicious falsehoods creates hell and ruins lives and puts children in danger! It’s outrageous and totally irresponsible of these so called adults!
Thank you Chris Nash and all at Lighthouse, bring on Groundswell! “United we stand, with Christ”. X x
Yes, this will not go away and we will fight this until we have put this to bed! That’s it. The behaviour of the Daily Mail is unacceptable, writing articles full of accusations without providing any evidence so that they can sell more newspapers. The time when anyone can write what they want without giving any facts needs to end. Those false accusations impact individuals and their families. Thanks.
This is clear, objective and damning to the Daily Mail and anyone in the press, or anyone in general trying to abuse their power. Accusations based on lies will always be unearthed and the burden of proof will always fall on the lying-accuser. No matter how many people support that lie. This abuse of the press is shocking innocent people and they have the money and the resources to hurt people without care. This is brilliant, I’m learning from this whole endeavour to hold the Mail to account for their lies, and I will ensure that others learn from this too. Thank you Chris and the team
Thank you Chris for sharing this powerful letter that demonstrates the flagrant abuse of the Daily Mail. In particular I really value you highlighting the consequences of their actions, particularly on how it affects our work with children and the livelihoods of those here that have sacrificed so much over the years. You also powerfully show how they have abused the concept of Public Interest which they seem to think gives them license to write whatever they want.
You are absolutely right here. If there was evidence it would have been flaunted all over the newspapers but there can be no evidence where there is no wrongdoing. We on the other hand have the evidence and it continues to build, showing both their illegal actions and the consequences of their actions. They must be held accountable, children suffer every day because of this type of pathology and abuse of the systems created to protect them and I am with you, we will not rest on this issue until it has been resolved.