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"This is an appalling piece of journalism."
Her Majesty The Queen, referring to the "Sophiegate" exposé
"Thanks for my underpants. It's a fair cop and I suppose it's a great honour to be exposed by the most famous journalist in Britain."
James Nesbitt
“Explosive stuff'.”
Four star review in London Lite
James Nesbitt
"Thanks for my underpants. It's a fair cop and I suppose it's a great honour to be exposed by the most famous journalist in Britain."
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a bit more then the light-weight book it might seem at first although it must also be seen in the context of the subject.
These are the tales of the News Of The World's `fake sheik' and the stings undertaken on a variety of celebs, royals and crooks. It's easy to be dismissive because of the newspaper concerned or this type of journalism but the reality is that the `fake sheik' uncovered some major stories over the years. It is amazing how many people were taken in my reporter Mazher Mahmood dressed like a sheik. Victims include Sven Goran Eriksson, Royals such as Sophie Wessex, Diana butler Paul Burrell, the directors of Newcastle football club and assorted TV stars, models and some very dodgy crooks. Told in brief chapters it is actually quite entertaining and an insight into the type of journalism but also the extreme greed of so many people.
Far more fun then it ought to be.
These are the tales of the News Of The World's `fake sheik' and the stings undertaken on a variety of celebs, royals and crooks. It's easy to be dismissive because of the newspaper concerned or this type of journalism but the reality is that the `fake sheik' uncovered some major stories over the years. It is amazing how many people were taken in my reporter Mazher Mahmood dressed like a sheik. Victims include Sven Goran Eriksson, Royals such as Sophie Wessex, Diana butler Paul Burrell, the directors of Newcastle football club and assorted TV stars, models and some very dodgy crooks. Told in brief chapters it is actually quite entertaining and an insight into the type of journalism but also the extreme greed of so many people.
Far more fun then it ought to be.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book from the pound shopand I can safely say I feel short-changed. Mazher Mahmood is quite simply a poor man's Piers Morgan. Whereas Morgan mingles with the A-list and the creme-de-la-creme of the celebrity world, Mahmood instead likes to spend his time with Z-listers like Sophie Anderton, Jodie Kidd, Paul Burrell, Faria Alam, Gillian Taylforth and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Although I am Asian myself, Mahmood plays too much on his background and how he is a non-white person in a world ful of white middle-class hacks. Although this is undoubtedly interesting, it does tend to get dull after the first fifty mentions. Mahmood is a bad journalist, an even worse author (I had to skip entire chapters because of the dreadful way they were written) and a pretty awful human being. He is however a very good con artist, but not a journalist.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is perhaps one of the most insightful, yet accessable books on journalism ever written. While many journalists write self-celebratory career reflectives that focus on their own record of sacrifice and devotion, Mazher Mahmood focuses on the fact that journalism is ultimately about people. We do get personal insights but these are lightly sprinkled with a relevancy to each story.
It is effectively a "greatest hits" compilation that deals with all of his most high profile cases including Sven, The Beckhams, Britney Spears and Sophie Anderton amongst others. However, as he explains, it isn't all glitz and Mr Mahmood has helped to nab a whole rogues gallery of crooks, including the shocking tale of the woman who tried to sell her young daughter's virginity to the highest bidder. In fact, to date, over 230 criminals have been brought to justice because of his work and it is this fact that elevates this book from being not just great fun but "Exhibit A" into the importance of journalism today.
Mr Mahmood writes in a very engaging way that covers all the stings without delivering rehashed versions of the News of the World stories. He expands upon them by giving un-expected anicdotes at the point of scene with a particularly explosive insight into his expose upon chat-show legend Jerry Springer. Generally, we all know what happend, but Mr Mahmood makes the book engaging by telling the reader how it happend, why it happend and what happend next.
It all works on so many levels, it is great fun to read for celeb fans but for journos it does deliver a timely reminder that journalism is no "pen and paper" trade. The Sheik delves into this to excite and entertain with the public interest at heart. It is this attitude that has helped save lives and bring down the corrupt.
It is effectively a "greatest hits" compilation that deals with all of his most high profile cases including Sven, The Beckhams, Britney Spears and Sophie Anderton amongst others. However, as he explains, it isn't all glitz and Mr Mahmood has helped to nab a whole rogues gallery of crooks, including the shocking tale of the woman who tried to sell her young daughter's virginity to the highest bidder. In fact, to date, over 230 criminals have been brought to justice because of his work and it is this fact that elevates this book from being not just great fun but "Exhibit A" into the importance of journalism today.
Mr Mahmood writes in a very engaging way that covers all the stings without delivering rehashed versions of the News of the World stories. He expands upon them by giving un-expected anicdotes at the point of scene with a particularly explosive insight into his expose upon chat-show legend Jerry Springer. Generally, we all know what happend, but Mr Mahmood makes the book engaging by telling the reader how it happend, why it happend and what happend next.
It all works on so many levels, it is great fun to read for celeb fans but for journos it does deliver a timely reminder that journalism is no "pen and paper" trade. The Sheik delves into this to excite and entertain with the public interest at heart. It is this attitude that has helped save lives and bring down the corrupt.
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