tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post114431752168671495..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Mazher Mahmood is not the real enemyPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144351697213437362006-04-06T20:28:00.000+01:002006-04-06T20:28:00.000+01:00Cheeky get! What do you mean... of all teams!!Cheeky get! What do you mean... of all teams!!Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144341574664838242006-04-06T17:39:00.000+01:002006-04-06T17:39:00.000+01:00Any mention of George Galoway" is going to get a b...Any mention of George Galoway" is going to get a blogger a whole lot of traffic.<BR/><BR/>It's like the Express putting a Diana story on their front page every day to sell a few more copies.<BR/><BR/>Bloggers should run a Galloway story every now and again to keep their circulation going.<BR/><BR/>And as a consequence of the Galloway story I have visited your blog - like it - and have bookmarked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144337728429134482006-04-06T16:35:00.000+01:002006-04-06T16:35:00.000+01:00Well, I accept I'm outvoted on this one, but at l...Well, I accept I'm outvoted on this one, but at least it got me a bit more traffic than usual!Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144336437620567242006-04-06T16:13:00.000+01:002006-04-06T16:13:00.000+01:00Well, I don't know what the judge has decided yet,...Well, I don't know what the judge has decided yet, but pictures of the sheikh are all over the blogosphere now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144334029423873102006-04-06T15:33:00.000+01:002006-04-06T15:33:00.000+01:00The injunction runs out at 4pm today - so only a h...The injunction runs out at 4pm today - so only a half an hour to go to see what the judge's decision will be. My money is on Galloway winning and pictures of the Fake Sheikh will all over the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144333191105899022006-04-06T15:19:00.000+01:002006-04-06T15:19:00.000+01:00How fascinating. Take a step back and look at wha...How fascinating. Take a step back and look at what we have: one cloaked conspirator trying to out another; the media, in its newest and oldest forms, tearing at each other; in-fighting and a complete loss of perspective.<BR/><BR/>I desperately want to say that "so and so" will be laughing their socks off, but I can't figure out who "so and so" is!!<BR/><BR/>Even the lawyers are going to be Richard Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849882698277474267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144328182755450652006-04-06T13:56:00.000+01:002006-04-06T13:56:00.000+01:00I'm with Guido et al and am carrying a photo mysel...I'm with Guido et al and am carrying a photo myself but I'm wary of branding this an attack on freedom per se. Nobody is arguing for complete and unmitigated freedom to destroy anyone's privacy regardless of the circumstances. That being a given, merely questioning whether the circumstances here are serious enough to stop his photos being published is tough to categorise as an attack on liberty.<Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002358087343062031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144327316164586822006-04-06T13:41:00.000+01:002006-04-06T13:41:00.000+01:00I've always been a bit concerned about the value o...I've always been a bit concerned about the value of catching z-list celebs taking drugs. You say that they are "supposed to be role models for young people" but I can't believe that Richard Bacon, Kate Moss and others would ever take cocaine in public or in front of young people. In fact, for people who looked up to Richard Bacon, the only way they could ever have witnessed him taking coke was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144327115208319092006-04-06T13:38:00.000+01:002006-04-06T13:38:00.000+01:00Beth - if what you are implying is that where I am...Beth - if what you are implying is that where I am "coming from" is a Zionist perspective, then you are way off-beam I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>If I am "coming from" anywhere it's simply from a desire to defend journalistic freedom against the likes of Greenslade, Campbell and others who would seek to curtail it.<BR/><BR/>mbe - don't expect me to have any sympathy for Eriksson. He has shown himself toPaul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144325388050497762006-04-06T13:09:00.000+01:002006-04-06T13:09:00.000+01:00Paul Linford, I think you have given the game away...Paul Linford, I think you have given the game away with your point about Galloway making "anti-Israeli comments". I see where you are coming from now.<BR/><BR/>More and more of us are with Galloway on that particular subject. If you want to get sympathy for your anti-Galloway views, you should use another example, not the anti-Israeli one. I personally am with him on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144324690172303682006-04-06T12:58:00.000+01:002006-04-06T12:58:00.000+01:00Sorry Paul but I am definitely with Guido on this ...Sorry Paul but I am definitely with Guido on this one. <BR/>The Sven story you quote was utter BS. I'm all up for investigative journalism but to get someone to say Rio Ferdinand is lazy can't be that difficult. Sven is only a businessman who was stitched up for no other reason than to sell more copies of a newspaper. The Aston Villa line seemed flippant to me: can you imagine Nancy in BirminghamMichael Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287842278134145632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144323970719141292006-04-06T12:46:00.000+01:002006-04-06T12:46:00.000+01:00As I've said, I understand why Guido is treating t...As I've said, I understand why Guido is treating the story in the way he is and we will have to agree to differ on it. But I am grateful to him for taking the time to reply.<BR/><BR/>Beth - you asked me a hypothetical question about what I would do if I was confronted by the fake sheikh. My answer will have to be that I hope I would not have made myself a legitimate target for such investigation Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144322678404735962006-04-06T12:24:00.000+01:002006-04-06T12:24:00.000+01:00But he always stands his roundBut he always stands his roundstalin's granhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152454150416060673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144321578042070242006-04-06T12:06:00.000+01:002006-04-06T12:06:00.000+01:00When Mahmood used subterfuge in the past to expose...When Mahmood used subterfuge in the past to expose serious wrongdoing, he was widely applauded. But using such tactics to produce cheap NOTW headlines at the expense of humiliating people in the public eye, he debases journalism and the free press. Guido's right to go after this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144321372493697362006-04-06T12:02:00.000+01:002006-04-06T12:02:00.000+01:00And by the way, WHY did't the News of the World, p...And by the way, WHY did't the News of the World, publish an article saying that they had tried to entrap Galloway with offers of money, etc. but had failed? They would have published if he had fallen for the scam, but why didn't they publish a story owning up to what they did, eh? No journalistic integrity, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144320974021796892006-04-06T11:56:00.000+01:002006-04-06T11:56:00.000+01:00An attack on freedom, you say. How so? And how w...An attack on freedom, you say. How so? And how was he using his "investigative" expertise in the Galloway case? By trying to entrap Galloway with offers of money and trying to engage him in anti-semitism? Of course Galloway wants revenge on the Sheikh, wouldn't you in these circumstances? Or would you say, "the sheikh tried to destroy me, he failed, but he is nonetheless an investigative Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144320073189815822006-04-06T11:41:00.000+01:002006-04-06T11:41:00.000+01:00This attack by Mazher Mahmood on freedom of the pr...This attack by Mazher Mahmood on freedom of the press is nothing less than an attack on journalism and an attack on freedom.Guido Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1144319910372315662006-04-06T11:38:00.000+01:002006-04-06T11:38:00.000+01:00Interesting points which are worthy of serious con...Interesting points which are worthy of serious consideration.<BR/><BR/>A lot of his work is getting z-list celebs to take coke on camera, struggling starlets exposed as hookers and Royals stitched up. We love that kind of stuff, even if it does ruin lives.<BR/><BR/>He is only a journalist, he has no God given right to anonymity. He is a master of disguise anyway - he can just get a new disguiseGuido Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.com