Paul Kimmage let go by Sunday Times
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Yes, a big loss to the Times sports pages.
I'm hoping for his latest book, Engage, for Christmas.0 -
That paywall can't be working out so well for them.___________________
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That or the profitable NOTW going under... Phone hacking scandals (and fees for PIs for all those involved) don't come cheap.0
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Oh well, at least I don't have to wrestle with my principles any more. Only bought the ST for a Kimmage interview. Last one I read was Thom Evans, another great interview. Now I won't have to give Murdoch any of my money.0
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Very sorry to hear that, I like Kimmage. Hopefully he'll be snapped up by another (quality) paper. Or be able to make enough as a freelancer.0
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Coming soon: Rough Read by Paul Kimmage.
One journalist's story of how he tried to make it as a journalist in the big bad world of News International but everyone was phone hacking and there was a code of silence to stop the public knowing. He tells how he succumbed to hacking himself before leaving the trade disillusioned. (Forword by Tom Watson)Twitter: @RichN950 -
Tusher wrote:Very sorry to hear that, I like Kimmage. Hopefully he'll be snapped up by another (quality) paper. Or be able to make enough as a freelancer.0
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RichN95 wrote:Coming soon: Rough Read by Paul Kimmage.
One journalist's story of how he tried to make it as a journalist in the big bad world of News International but everyone was phone hacking and there was a code of silence to stop the public knowing. He tells how he succumbed to hacking himself before leaving the trade disillusioned. (Forword by Tom Watson)
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RichN95 wrote:Coming soon: Rough Read by Paul Kimmage.
One journalist's story of how he tried to make it as a journalist in the big bad world of News International but everyone was phone hacking and there was a code of silence to stop the public knowing. He tells how he succumbed to hacking himself before leaving the trade disillusioned. (Forword by Tom Watson)
*sighs* It's a sad place where there are actually are some conspiracies.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:
*sighs* It's a sad place where there are actually are some conspiracies.
I do jokes, not conspiracies.Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:
*sighs* It's a sad place where there are actually are some conspiracies.
I do jokes, not conspiracies.
It was a good joke.0 -
One less gobsh!te given a platform ... Hopefully in a few months he'll get the boot from Tesco's for stealing the £1 coins from the trolleys ...0
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Crankbrother wrote:One less gobsh!te given a platform ... Hopefully in a few months he'll get the boot from Tesco's for stealing the £1 coins from the trolleys ...
Have you read anything he's written?0 -
ShinyHelmut wrote:Crankbrother wrote:One less gobsh!te given a platform ... Hopefully in a few months he'll get the boot from Tesco's for stealing the £1 coins from the trolleys ...
Have you read anything he's written?
Or didn't like (or maybe understand) what he was trying to say. Which in forumspeak means you should slag them off for no good reason. It still surprises me how much time and energy some people can put into being uninformative, useless and negative on the internet.Aspire not to have more, but to be more.0 -
Simon E wrote:ShinyHelmut wrote:Crankbrother wrote:One less gobsh!te given a platform ... Hopefully in a few months he'll get the boot from Tesco's for stealing the £1 coins from the trolleys ...
Have you read anything he's written?
Or didn't like (or maybe understand) what he was trying to say. Which in forumspeak means you should slag them off for no good reason. It still surprises me how much time and energy some people can put into being uninformative, useless and negative on the internet.
Better here than in the real world.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Simon E wrote:ShinyHelmut wrote:Crankbrother wrote:One less gobsh!te given a platform ... Hopefully in a few months he'll get the boot from Tesco's for stealing the £1 coins from the trolleys ...
Have you read anything he's written?
Or didn't like (or maybe understand) what he was trying to say. Which in forumspeak means you should slag them off for no good reason. It still surprises me how much time and energy some people can put into being uninformative, useless and negative on the internet.
Better here than in the real world.
I suspect most of them multi-task.___________________
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Not a fan of his journalism (did like Rough Ride) so from that perspective it doesn't bother me - but wouldn't want to celebrate someone losing their job.
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Don't Ask.
I've never read a bloody word, except perhaps in a forum quote.
He has to earn a crust somehow, and now he may have to get a real job. :shock:
Did the World stop still because of him or is it still turning. (now that would be something if the Sun didn't turn up one morning to give us daylight)
Journalists, Politicians or TV adverts.
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Simon E wrote:ShinyHelmut wrote:Crankbrother wrote:One less gobsh!te given a platform ... Hopefully in a few months he'll get the boot from Tesco's for stealing the £1 coins from the trolleys ...
Have you read anything he's written?
Or didn't like (or maybe understand) what he was trying to say. Which in forumspeak means you should slag them off for no good reason. It still surprises me how much time and energy some people can put into being uninformative, useless and negative on the internet.
It still suprises me how much time and energy some people can put into accusing others of being uninformative useless and negative on the internet. I have read a lot of his articles and to me he was often controversial purely for the sake of being controversial. Not a fan of his writing style at all and he is far far removed from true quality jourmalists like Hugh McIlvanney or Patrick Collins.Gasping - but somehow still alive !0 -
rough ride reminded me of "bouncing back" by Alan Partridge.
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Moray Gub wrote:I have read a lot of his articles and to me he was often controversial purely for the sake of being controversial. Not a fan of his writing style at all and he is far far removed from true quality jourmalists like Hugh McIlvanney or Patrick Collins.
I'm not suggesting Kimmage is the world's greatest sports journalist, but the Guardian describes him as "well regarded" and "a notable interviewer", he won the SJA’s Sports Interviewer of the Year award 5 times and his biography of Matt Hampson is in the running for the sports book of the year. There's nothing wrong with criticism but to dismiss his work as "gobshite" is both inappropriate and pathetic.Aspire not to have more, but to be more.0 -
I don't think gobshite is that far off the mark. Moray says it up better when he says that Kimmage is often controversial for the sake of it but gobshite isn't bad as a one word summary. To me Kimmage reads like a 6th form wannabe journo who thinks he's a better writer than he really is - but each to their own.
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I always read his work.
Rough Ride was a bit of an eye opener. He should be applauded for breaking the silence in such a way. I'm sure he'll find other work.0 -
Thats a real shame tbh. Rough Ride was an eye opener - but somehow I keep thinking he's focused too much on LA. If anything Rough Ride showed, that if you wanted, you could tar Hinault, Indurain etc etc with the same brush.
Now if only someone could ask some seriously awkward questions of Athletics & Football - oh wait, that would've been Paul Kimmage!0