The News of the World's 'Fake Sheik' investigative reporter has written a book. He's interviewed by the BBC here.
Along with the decline of the Sunday Times Insight team and Donal Macintyre's ego trips, Mahmood's dubious antics sum up much that is wrong with mainstream investigative journalism. Safe targets, headlines first, ethics last.
Nick Davies is very good on this.
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Sunday, August 31, 2008
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