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journos abusing online forums 20-Jan-2009 At 1:44:39 PM Onsight

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On 20/01/2009 Duncan wrote:
>Pfft, that has NOTHING to do with it. If you're a reporter you should
>identify yourself as such. He didn't. Everything else is detail.

I don't see how you can really accuse him of hiding his identity. One look at his public profile and it's perfectly clear he is from the SMH.

I've just received a phone call from Paul Bibby - totally out of the blue. After talking to him for 15 minutes I have absolutely no doubt that he is genuinely very concerned that he might have upset some of the climbing community. He is considering posting an apology and explanation here but I'm not sure if he now will as I kind of advised him against it. You never know if it's going to be taken the wrong way when people are so ready to have a go. He told me the reason for his post was so he could interview some people so that he could write a balanced report. I really don't see anything majority wrong with what he ended up writing.

Personally I've no real problem with what Paul did. My concern and questions are for the guy form the Telegraph and why he was trying to find out Nicks name before it was released by the police.