Sorry for another post on this, but Tim Ireland has some more thoughts on what happened on certain blogs over the weekend.
The timeline seems to go something like this:
- Wednesday evening: Guido and the Monkey release a drunken podcast which contains childish jokes, including ones about Mark Oaten being a paedophile
- Friday: Comments are posted on Guido & the Monkey along the lines of “make sure you don’t get sued by Oaten!!”
- Saturday: Oaten resigns after News of the World allegations
- Sunday morning: Guido claims the scalp, even though the allegations made on the podcast were completely different to the ones made by NOTW
- Sunday afternoon: Bloggers note, it’s not a lot to be proud of
- Sunday evening: Guido says, “Neh neh, I have a six-figure-per-month readership, and you’re just jealous because you didn’t have the scoop — now fuck off and read the Indy“
- Monday morning: Bloggers point out that it wasn’t Guido’s scoop. Unless you think having homosexual sex makes you a paedophile. Which might be a bit off
- Monday afternoon: Feeling the heat, Guido diverts attention to Recess Monkey. Guido fucks off forever, after accusing anybody who thinks that linking homosexual relationships with paedophilia is a bit iffy of being politically correct
- Monday evening: After a quiet weekend, Recess springs into action: “Nobody said Oaten was gay on the podcast.”
- Bloggers reply: Oh really? So it wasn’t a scoop then?
- Monkey: “It’s only satire lads! Besides, nobody complained on Thursday, so why are you complaining now?”
- See point #2
- Guido: “It’s only gossip! Get off your high-horse!”
So it wasn’t a scoop then?
I’d rather be on the high horse.
A Big Stick and a Small Carrot
25 January 2006 18:27
#1
I’m with Tim,doctorvee, Clive, and Jarndyce to name but a few. It’s partly the misplaced self-congratulatory glee, partly the apparent ignorance of something called bisexuality, partly an apparent obssesion with homosexual
The Ink Slinger
26 January 2006 14:02
#2
Nice one, Doc!
Waaay too much time on your hands though.
The Ink Slinger
26 January 2006 14:05
#3
That’s not to say we’re not all insanely envious of Guido’s six figure readership.
Bloggerheads
27 January 2006 15:01
#4
Guido, the Monkey, and the elephant’s trunk…
Blood & Treasure and Never Trust a Hippy have also expressed their distaste at the inaugural/beta ‘Guido & The Monkey’ podcast. The latter link is especially interesting, as the comments contain the oft-repeated sleep-enhancing defence from Recess Mo…
Recess Monkey
27 January 2006 21:13
#5
I’m with Ink Slinger on this one
The Ink Slinger
28 January 2006 14:45
#6
Gratifying to know someone is.
doctorvee » The most influential bloggers are not the most important
15 January 2007 19:34
#7
[...] I deleted Guido Fawkes from my blogroll a year ago following the Mark Oaten affair, and I stopped reading his blog for good a few months ago. Although I removed him from my blogroll out of disgust, the reason I never added him back on and stopped reading was because I thought that his blog had become dull. Tim Ireland offers rather more substantial reasons why you should ‘boycott’ Guido. [...]
Bloggerheads
12 March 2007 14:01
#8
A tricky question for Praguetory…
In January of last year, Paul Staines (aka ‘Guido Fawkes’) repeatedly equated homosexuality with paedophilia: Bloggerheads January 23, 2006: “Our legal advice is that Mark Oaten is not a paedophile.” Bloggerheads January 25, 2006: Guido, the Monkey…