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Peter Beaumont throws his toys

Jul 1, ’08 11:56 AM

Photo of Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor for The ObserverWhat’s Peter Beau­mont up to? First he’s cyn­ic­ally try­ing to sell papers by drum­ming up con­tro­versy where there is none, now he’s threat­en­ing to sue Sur­vival Inter­na­tional for call­ing him out on his bullshit.

Sur­vival Inter­na­tional have pos­ted a silly phone mes­sage from Beau­mont whereby he threatens to sue them for “asso­ci­at­ing” him with the false alleg­a­tions that the uncon­tac­ted tribe pic­tures were a hoax.

Peter, really, pull your head in. If you took a minute to read any of the stuff you’re com­ment­ing on or writ­ing about you wouldn’t be in this silly situ­ation in the first place.

And not pub­lish­ing Survival’s let­ter, that’s childish.

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Peter Beaumont’s lost tribe ‘controversy’ that wasn’t

Jun 24, ’08 8:51 PM

If you read The Observer over the week­end you might have had the mis­for­tune to come across this grubby tabloid-like excuse for journ­al­ism by Peter Beau­mont, for­eign affairs editor for The Observer.

Beau­mont — clearly hav­ing a slow news day — focused his atten­tion on the uncon­tac­ted tribe pho­tos I com­men­ted on the other day, crudely attempt­ing to drum up con­tro­versy where there is none.

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