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Topic History of: Fake Sheikh show postponed by BBC Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Pru
It was amazing on the aptly named twitter the number of twits who were complaining about the BBC 'chickening out' and 'bottling it'. The BBC can't just ignore the legal challenges - the Mail and others would LOVE the chance to blast the Beeb for wasting money after flouting the courts. The good thing, that will of course go unapplauded, is that the BBC is at least taking this seedy hack on. ITV wouldn't dream of doing so.
RightToKnow (as ever)
8 1/2 years ago, Gorgeous George was first to SHAKE Rupe's Fake Sheikh & sub-Sewer Of The World.
In March 2006 Galloway said that News of the World undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, who used a "fake sheikh" disguise to entrap celebrities, targeted him in an sting operation at a meeting in the Dorchester Hotel with businessmen from the middle east. Galloway said that Mahmood tried but failed to implicate him in illegal party funding, and to agree with antisemitic statements. The News of the World admitted their journalist had been present, but asserted that he had involved in "wholly legitimate inquiries." Mahmood himself denied the use of antisemitic comments. Media commentator Roy Greenslade accused Mahmood and the NOtW, in its use of "subterfuge", of adopting practices which "debase journalism." Galloway wrote to the Metropolitan Police commissioner and the Speaker of the House of Commons about the incident. He also released photographs of Mahmood and revealed other aspects of his activities. The News of the World lost a High Court action to prevent publication of photographs of Mahmood. Galloway stated that the Metropolitan Police told him they had evidence he was targeted by Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator working for the News of the World. In 2010 Galloway began legal action for breach of privacy. In 2012 it was reported that Galloway had settled out of court, along with many other victims of phone hacking. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but he had previously claimed to have been offered "substantial sums of money" by NOTW to settle out of court. The settlement with News International in respect of phone-hacking was understood not to cover the earlier legal dispute regarding the activities of Mazher Mahmood.
JK2006
There have been hefty legal problems airing this Panorama show - I point out that his face has been available to be seen for nearly ten years on this site and around 2000 people have viewed it here.
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