tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3598841234990396241..comments2024-03-28T04:50:14.406+00:00Comments on TPQ: The Weird World of an Irish News JournalistAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79543931142776770742013-09-12T12:21:53.827+01:002013-09-12T12:21:53.827+01:00I've just finished reading Anthony McIntyre a...I've just finished reading <a href="http://lettersblogatory.com/2013/09/09/belfast-project-anthony-mcintyre-allison-morris-square/" rel="nofollow"> Anthony McIntyre and Allison Morris Square Off</a> and I don't understand why Ted Folkman is asking who is Paul Campbell. You'd already answer that. I was under the impression Ted took the time to at least read your replies/posts Anthony..frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62609551478098869952013-08-09T16:34:30.598+01:002013-08-09T16:34:30.598+01:00What pisses me of is the cherry picking. The RUC/P...What pisses me of is the cherry picking. The RUC/PSNI want the tapes for a fishing exercise, put black lines through what they don't want the publc to know or other. I doubt if they had 'ethics' on their minds either when asking for the tapes. I think it was to settle old scores and cover up the truth (re-write history). But I don't see them asking other journalist's who havefrankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1115664403380849592013-08-09T14:11:29.196+01:002013-08-09T14:11:29.196+01:00Frankie,
I belive the actions of Both Morris and ...Frankie,<br /><br />I belive the actions of Both Morris and Barnes did serious harm to source protection and oral history. I think the distinction is she did it with no foresight - nobody I knew had foresight on that matter. The problem with Barnes' position is that eveh if he had no foresight, after it all happened he called for the tapes to be handed over to the PSNI. Morris at least doesn&AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-78020172033796350892013-08-09T14:00:40.434+01:002013-08-09T14:00:40.434+01:00Frankie,
the Ethics Council - waste of space. Now...Frankie,<br /><br />the Ethics Council - waste of space. Now that I have won my case (and I always emotionally see it as a victory against the Ethics Council rather than against Morris/Barnes). I think I will simply quit the NUJ. What point is there in me forking out monthly dues to keep a bureaucracy like the Ethics Council in being? What did it do during Leeveson other than pursue me? I think AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-83112099954493906492013-08-09T13:13:26.080+01:002013-08-09T13:13:26.080+01:00If it were not for the worlds media focusing their...If it were not for the worlds media focusing their attention on the happenings here in 69 ,we would have went from a low key pogrom to genocide on a large scale, the lesson of the power of the media was quickly absorbed by everyone in the nationalist community especially the emerging new republican movement,we have had many decent decent unbiased journalists over the years who were not afraid to martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814904389826171437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77405833932047711282013-08-09T11:37:36.006+01:002013-08-09T11:37:36.006+01:00Maybe I'm slow on the uptake but I'm missi...Maybe I'm slow on the uptake but I'm missing something. You (AM) got hauled before the ethics council because Allison Morris and Ciaran Barnes (he seems to have gotten away unscathed) said you put their/her life in danger<--That point missed me. I don't ever remember reading you threatening anyone or advocating violence towards them. So I've really understood the 'frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452424095829736700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52712108468370312652013-08-09T09:01:53.195+01:002013-08-09T09:01:53.195+01:00Ciaran,
you have had your say and made your case...Ciaran, <br /><br />you have had your say and made your case. Others can decide whether it is persuasive or not. Had the same tone been used against Hugh Jordan by those seeking to intimidate him he would have been on the back foot by now. But there we go. I am off to write about something more interesting than Fido although he seems to like biting people too ... Luis Suarez. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18712246782470084422013-08-08T22:57:53.913+01:002013-08-08T22:57:53.913+01:001. Clearly the true identity of the writer is bein...1. Clearly the true identity of the writer is being hidden from the readership of TPQ. I dont think it is Mackers or his 'other half' (his words) but i have no doubt he is 'protecting' (again his words) the writer from scrutiny. Pious lectures from Mackers towards myself regarding 'suppression of the truth' should now be treated with at least some scepticism.<br /><br />2.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136325930111810411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65802360083082110372013-08-08T22:38:41.971+01:002013-08-08T22:38:41.971+01:00Itsjustmacker,
ran out of it but am still off to ...Itsjustmacker,<br /><br />ran out of it but am still off to bed. Good night.<br /><br />Kev,<br /><br />an interesting post. And a good summing up of journalistic practice. The writer is of course free to talk to the subject and report that the subject said whatever to TPQ. At the same time I would not want you to think that I have not been in touch with Hugh Jordan. I have. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-1501921272946462312013-08-08T22:04:10.621+01:002013-08-08T22:04:10.621+01:00Good Night Anthony:
I agree 100%.
Just opening a...Good Night Anthony:<br /><br />I agree 100%.<br /><br />Just opening a brandy, but before I do, Logging off Blogging. lol<br />itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-88225895708410502582013-08-08T21:36:11.841+01:002013-08-08T21:36:11.841+01:00Itsjustmacker,
of course you didn't condone i...Itsjustmacker,<br /><br />of course you didn't condone it. I didn't mean for you to take that out of it either. <br /><br />One point I would like to make before falling asleep is that because we defend Allison Morris from attack does not mean we approve what she writes. <br /><br />Same applies with Hugh Jordan. <br /><br />So for now, good night! AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61319864927825194782013-08-08T21:31:50.667+01:002013-08-08T21:31:50.667+01:00Ciaran,
Strangely given ‘all the Social and Pol...Ciaran, <br /><br /><br />Strangely given ‘all the Social and Political upheavals we are currently facing In Ireland’ so many seem interested in giving Hugh Jordan a moral knee in the balls. <br /><br />Again the point is missed. What Hugh Jordan writes is not being defended. What is being defended is his right, just like yours, just like all the people beaten and intimidated by the Provos, not AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-74817452827246019712013-08-08T21:20:01.636+01:002013-08-08T21:20:01.636+01:00I thought I would stick this piece in, which I pos...I thought I would stick this piece in, which I posted on the Rushlight last Year, It,s from one of my older Rushlight Magazines.<br /><br />Everything in it is Factual and True, and , It proves how low the British will stoop to.<br /><br />Thought it would brighten things up a bit.<br /><br /><br />Sep 17, 2012 - 1:50PM<br />Quote from rushlight vol 21 No14 page 19 to 20, One Mans Terrorist, etc<itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30525924158951752562013-08-08T21:16:50.445+01:002013-08-08T21:16:50.445+01:00Ciaran,
Who was the author Mackers?
The author id...Ciaran,<br /><br /><i>Who was the author Mackers?</i><br />The author identified themselves in the article as Paul Campbell. If they wish to make any more detail about themselves public they are free to do so. Although given the number of names you have used it is hardly something that will bother you too greatly I imagine. <br /> <br />If you think the author was part of the TPQ team – either meAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84109897390843519942013-08-08T21:06:10.988+01:002013-08-08T21:06:10.988+01:00Anthony:
I just put the link on stating She said ...Anthony:<br /><br />I just put the link on stating She said she was attacked with Bottles.<br /><br />I didn't say she deserved it, and , I sure as Hell Don't condone it , even if it was Jordan himself.itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79208931976774607062013-08-08T20:51:56.770+01:002013-08-08T20:51:56.770+01:00Ciaran,
I can see why you might arrive at the con...Ciaran,<br /><br />I can see why you might arrive at the conclusion the author reads as if part of a non-existent stable of Pensive Quill writers and then raise your questions.<br /><br />However, many people particularly those that have been through some journalistic training - even at a very low level - will often refer to the publication they are penning a piece for rather than themselves.<br Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297094834003091247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81488340907148249472013-08-08T20:32:56.596+01:002013-08-08T20:32:56.596+01:00Ciaran,
It is very much a free speech issue so do...Ciaran,<br /><br />It is very much a free speech issue so don’t delude mislead yourself into thinking anything else. It is about the right of Paul Campbell or any other person to express an opinion that you don’t approve of. What could be more free speech than that?<br /><br />The ‘internal spat’ you refer to is also a free speech issue but again you seem to have let it go over your head. It is AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48899579611676476852013-08-08T20:18:48.279+01:002013-08-08T20:18:48.279+01:00Sorry for repeating myself folks.
But can Mackers ...Sorry for repeating myself folks.<br />But can Mackers please answer me the simple question, Is 'Paul Campbell' the real name of the author of this article?<br />If so, no problem ill apologise for my doubts.<br />Im only interested if the truth is being suppressed, and of course why?<br />It was good enough for everybody else to be named on here, and no doubt in the Sunday Rags this Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136325930111810411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43523964116505342482013-08-08T20:12:27.091+01:002013-08-08T20:12:27.091+01:00Itsjustmacker,
and she has every right to be pro...Itsjustmacker, <br /><br />and she has every right to be protected from the thugs that threw bottles at her. It does not matter in the slightest that she has been trying to make life hard for me. She is a journalist, has the right to news gather and nobody has the right to attack her. This is not something that can be extended to some journalists and denied to others. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36249547424243848482013-08-08T20:05:45.927+01:002013-08-08T20:05:45.927+01:00From Ardoyne Republican
I'm very surprised t...<b> From Ardoyne Republican</b><br /><br /><br />I'm very surprised that RNU, Ciaran and RNU have been dragged into an article that is supposed to be about the integrity of Journalist, Allison Morris?<br /><br />Hugh Jordan for many, many years has been at the centre of sick & dangerous stories against Republicans. He even employed an ex-Special Branch member <br />to track down the ToutAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61726384672751855302013-08-08T19:49:12.407+01:002013-08-08T19:49:12.407+01:00Allison Morris of the Irish News said she had been...<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23621417" rel="nofollow">Allison Morris of the Irish News said she had been attacked with bottles at the Divis bonfire site</a>itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11738399471324380902013-08-08T18:49:05.844+01:002013-08-08T18:49:05.844+01:00Dixie a chara, firstly i hate the type of politics...Dixie a chara, firstly i hate the type of politics you outline above and would cut my eyes out before i would engage in them. Indeed i was hospitalised by the Provo thought police in 1999 having been seen marching behind the IRSP banner on the Bloody Sunday march. <br /><br />Now for those of us who still engage in republicanism, we know one price is that gutter hacks like Jordan lie in wait to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136325930111810411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-82134155844715264662013-08-08T16:52:33.983+01:002013-08-08T16:52:33.983+01:00Ciaran wise up cara. I'm certain knowing Macke...Ciaran wise up cara. I'm certain knowing Mackers as long as I do that he wouldn't resort to the type of thing you are inferring.<br /><br />My problem is that I see various shoots springing up which are becoming smaller versions of Adamsism. This is one example; trying to put doubt in others minds about an individuals motives if he/she doesn't agree or criticises.<br /><br />Where Dixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754168725444955859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11746816338930055222013-08-08T16:36:58.637+01:002013-08-08T16:36:58.637+01:00Dixie:
I agree with everything you stated about t...Dixie:<br /><br />I agree with everything you stated about the Ardoyne Legend Martin Meehan, sometimes I pull the wee book out and start re-reading parts of "Show Me The Man" , Himself and others will never be forgotten.itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84839626072338075812013-08-08T16:30:47.715+01:002013-08-08T16:30:47.715+01:00Ciaran:
I can understand were your coming from in...Ciaran:<br /><br />I can understand were your coming from in questioning as to who the writer is.<br />At first I thought it was all about Morris.<br /><br />On re-reading the post, I would say without a doubt, The piece jumped straight to Fernando Murphy , also Yourself after roughly two paragraphs.<br /><br />But What evidence is there to suggest that someone other than the named writer penned itsjustmackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443285690765886118noreply@blogger.com