Comments on: Steven Forrest outed as Bill Hobbs http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/ An infuriatingly infrequently updated reflection on the Internet, the US, and life in general Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Bill Hobbs breaks cover - and piles on the coincidences at kierenmccarthy.co.uk http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-25846 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:47:24 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-25846 [...] It was bound to come back to haunt him at some point, but Bill Hobbs has been forced to break cover after people in his home town of Nashville came across the various posts by me, Kev Murphy and Brett Fausett that fingered him as being Steve Forrest - the most-biased man in showbusiness and the brawn behind Free2Innovate.net. [...] […] It was bound to come back to haunt him at some point, but Bill Hobbs has been forced to break cover after people in his home town of Nashville came across the various posts by me, Kev Murphy and Brett Fausett that fingered him as being Steve Forrest - the most-biased man in showbusiness and the brawn behind Free2Innovate.net. […]

]]> by: RIP Steven Forrest at kierenmccarthy.co.uk http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-8304 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:22:04 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-8304 [...] However, all posts on the site stopped in July this year when journalist Kevin Murphy, followed swiftly by blogger Brett Fausett and myself, outed “Steven Forrest” as Hobbs. Nothing else appeared after a 25 July posting which ironically quoted some article I had written. [...] […] However, all posts on the site stopped in July this year when journalist Kevin Murphy, followed swiftly by blogger Brett Fausett and myself, outed “Steven Forrest” as Hobbs. Nothing else appeared after a 25 July posting which ironically quoted some article I had written. […]

]]> by: Where has Bill Hobbs gone? at kierenmccarthy.co.uk http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-2983 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:55:25 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-2983 [...] Kev’s piece - in which he suggested that VeriSign might be the company picking up the tab - was soon followed by lawyer and [tag]ICANN[/tag[ observer Brett Fausett concluding the same along with a picture of the man but, being a lawyer, avoiding any accusation that he was paid by VeriSign. And this was swiftly followed by my blog posting in which I went further and suggested that he was being paid by VeriSign (but then this is because about 6 months ago I compiled some stats on Forrest’s bias which provided an intriguing 99 percent pro-VeriSign bias so I *knew* I was on safe ground). [...] […] Kev’s piece - in which he suggested that VeriSign might be the company picking up the tab - was soon followed by lawyer and [tag]ICANN[/tag[ observer Brett Fausett concluding the same along with a picture of the man but, being a lawyer, avoiding any accusation that he was paid by VeriSign. And this was swiftly followed by my blog posting in which I went further and suggested that he was being paid by VeriSign (but then this is because about 6 months ago I compiled some stats on Forrest’s bias which provided an intriguing 99 percent pro-VeriSign bias so I *knew* I was on safe ground). […]

]]> by: Kieren http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-1523 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:14:46 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-1523 No. But he used to get hold of documents and produce original content, whereas now he just links to other stories and misrepresents them. The first is a strong indication that he is being leaked stuff, the second that he's just massively biased. Kieren No. But he used to get hold of documents and produce original content, whereas now he just links to other stories and misrepresents them.

The first is a strong indication that he is being leaked stuff, the second that he’s just massively biased.

Kieren

]]> by: Kevin Murphy http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-1507 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:19:07 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/07/15/steven-forrest-outed-as-bill-hobbs/#comment-1507 I'm curious Kieren, can you pinpoint the exact period, down to a month or so, when you think Hobbs stopped getting this info? I’m curious Kieren, can you pinpoint the exact period, down to a month or so, when you think Hobbs stopped getting this info?

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