Mail Magpie Pierce Does It Again
Like Guido, regular readers will no longer be surprised to see stories from this blog appear in Andrew Pierce’s Mail column. On Friday Guido ran two stories on Michael Gove’s school playing fields saga, the first revealing just how many fields were flogged under Labour and the second unearthing the hypocrisy of Andy Burnham. Imagine the shock in the Guy Newsroom when Pierce then penned a piece yesterday revealing just exactly how many school playing fields had been sold off under the last government accompanied by the very same quote from the Shadow Health Secretary:
Coincidence, of course…
See also: Magpie Pierce Lifts Another Guido Story, Andrew Pierce is a Thief – An Occasional Series, Andrew Pierce Goes all Hari, Did You See Guido’s Column in the Mail Today?, An Open Letter to Paul Dacre
Is he related to Johann Hari?
It was hardly an exclusive, Guido. You yourself simply quoted a government press release. That’s not that say that this Andrew Pierce isn’t a complete prick.
To be fair everyone wrote an article on playing fields last or this week so this isn’t surprising. It was just in the ether.
Get over it.
Plagiarism or Imitation Guido. Quite possibly one of the sincerest forms of flattery.
BBC figures out what to feature by reading the Guardian. I figure out what to write about by reading you. Same difference.
So sue me, Staynzie.
Guido, leave Pierce alone he is doing his job, just because a story appears on your blog does not give you exclusivity, I suspect the story was picked up elsewhere as well.
Always willing to defend the defenceless
Mail Online .. Yesterday’s Internet, Today.