Carter the stoppable blog machine

Oh dear. Monkey seems to have claimed a scalp and struck a blow against free expression at the same time by forcing the retirement of a blogger. Readers with total recall will remember that last month we happened upon the musings of Croydon Advertiser editor Ian Carter and decided that the lighthearted mishaps deserved a wider airing, which we were only too happy to provide. But Carter appears decidedly unhappy with his unexpected exposure. He writes in his latest blog post: "On an entirely separate note, I'm beginning to think this blog is more trouble than it's worth. One particular entry was picked up on the MediaGuardian website and presented in a manner that make the Advertiser seem more like the set of a Carry On movie than the finely-tuned multimedia machine that it is. It would be the height of hypocrisy to write something in public and then complain when people read it, so I think I'm just going to take a vow of silence for a while instead." C'mon Ian, links are what make the interweb go around. Come back soon, your public need you!