The BBC blog has responded to criticism about their decision to remove their section about complementary health.

“The removal of the complementary health section of the Health area of bbc.co.uk has caused a bit of a stir, resulting in several complaints and accusations flying around that we’ve bowed to the demands of pressure groups.

In reality, it’s not nearly that exciting. The fact is that we review the content on bbc.co.uk on an ongoing basis, making sure that it’s both of a high editorial standard and as up-to-date and complete as possible. We’ll often remove elements of the site which we feel do not meet these requirements, and where significant investment would be required to bring it up to scratch…”

For the full response go here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/complementary_health_site.html