The perpetually thirsty Paul Staines and his rabble at the
Guido Fawkes blog continue to pretend that they are an independent force, not
subject to interference from any other vested interest, and under no constraint
as to who they write about. Sadly, this is weapons grade bullshit, and
especially so with the media world: The Great Guido is increasingly hamstrung
by his various masters.
Celebration at buying off The Great Guido
That Staines is being compromised is not new news: John Ward
of The Slog fame picked up on the
Fawkes blog becoming increasingly compromised back in 2010. Should The
Great Guido bring down the political edifice he claims to challenge, he’ll take
himself out too. But he won’t be doing that any time soon, and Staines’ room
for manoeuvre has shrunk considerably since then.
The Fawkes blog rails
lamely against Private Eye, but
at least Master Emmanuel Strobes and his week-on-week-off crew have no qualms
about who they target. Staines has no such freedom: starting with his
acceptance of a commission from Richard “Dirty”
Desmond to write a weekly column, one media interest after another has bought
off his ability to criticise them.
Paul who? Small change, sport!
So when Des
had his recent confrontation with Alan Sugar, the Fawkes blog was silent.
Staines does business with the Daily Mail,
and has also sung
the praises of its legendarily foul mouthed editor. He is so frightened of
Paul Dacre that he dare not mention his name except in adoration: apart from
the occasional snark at Mail hacks
and pundits, the Fawkes blog is silent there too.
It’s the same story with Rupert Murdoch, and especially now
The Great Guido has
been rewarded with a column in the Sunday Sun. When Rupe is mentioned in the Fawkes blog, it is in
reverential tones. His contribution to the UK’s newspaper industry is talked
up. The fallout from Phonehackgate is hardly mentioned: Friday’s
court appearances were not covered. At
all.
Staines? The c*** wouldn't f***ing dare
And in addition to all that, there is now another media
interest that is never mentioned by the Fawkes blog, and that is the presence
of David and Frederick
Barclay, aka The Fabulous Bingo Brothers. The Maily Telegraph gets discussed by the Fawkes folks, but not its
owner, because one of those folks is now in their employ, and another act of
buying off has been accomplished.
Yes, the odious flannelled fool Henry Cole, Staines’ tame
gofer, has
been given a berth at the Spectator,
owned by the Barclays, and therefore another publication that, like the Telegraph, never so much as mentions
them. Now The Great Guido cannot mention them either. One has to ask what the
point of Media Guido is, given it
cannot discuss much of the media.
The point is that Staines is a sham and a sellout. Another fine mess, once again.
1 comment:
Expect Milo to turn up there soon
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