Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Mel Gibson -- TERRORIST? (Updated)

From the BBC -- at least, I think it's the BBC:
Mel Gibson Arrested on Terrorism Charges.

The famous Australian-American actor, director and producer has been arrested at his residence today on terrorism charges. The details are still coming in at this time.
And:
When asked what set off the investigation J. Stephen Tidwell, Assistant Director In Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, made no comment. Internal sources from the FBI says it started when one charity organization went under investigation and funds from Mel Gibson were listed along with other comments regarding him in a positive light.
W...T...F?

Did someone send me a fake BBC page...? If this is a hoax, it's one of the greatest leg-pulls in recent history.

UPDATE: All right, so this does appear to be a fake. (It came by way of Global News Matrix, which was once on the receiving end of a hacker's tender mercies.) My first reaction was to remove this entire post. But I think I'll leave it up -- if only to allow readers the chance to click on the link and to appreciate just how cleverly a page like this can be put together.

11 comments:

gary said...

I'm going with the fake BBC page idea. Nothing on this on the main BBC site or anywhere else as far as I can see.

gary said...

By the way did you notice the "Fake news articles" link on the right of the page?

Anonymous said...

This would definately make him a terrorist in the eyes of the Neo-Kahns:

"It is known to sources inside and outside Washington D.C. that Mel Gibson has previously expressed interest in subject matter positively confirming the identiy of Jeff Gannon. Jeff Gannon did infiltrate the White House for two years and did compromise the presidency of George W. Bush. The story of Gannon's unbridled Whitehouse access was effectively surpressed by the mainstream media.



It has been leaked to the FBI that an individual (a female) with a personal relationship to Jeff Gannon and Noreen Gosch can positively ID Gannon as Johnny Gosch and wants to go public with her story. It is also known that she is a traditional Roman Catholic who would most likely want to give the story to Mel Gibson."

Joseph Cannon said...

Yeah, well, I don't believe THAT story either.

We've looked into this previously. Guckert is not Gosch. Guckert's school photos were discovered. His age differs from Gosch's (presuming that Johnny Gosch is still alive).

But some stories never die. Did you ever hear the one about Aleister Crowley and....?

Anonymous said...

Joseph, if you don't know how
ridiculously easy it is to download
an entire webpage and the edit it as
you please, you are hampering your
abilities as an artist. Have you
ventured into computer graphics?
the amazing features include the
ability to recast the dominant
images of the day in different
forms, and the fact that you can
work on something for 21 hours, save
it, then make a copy you can experiment on with complete freedom.

Joseph Cannon said...

Editing the page is something I know well.

Writing copy that could pass, at least at first glance, as an actual BBC product? That's more difficult. Most people would include an obvious "tell" or two.

I think the part that suckered me in was the name of the FBI guy in Los Angeles, J. Stephen Tidwell. He's real. The average faker would not have gone to the trouble of looking that bit up.

Then the faker had to pay for the domain name -- which, in this case, would be http://www.bbclosangeles.com/BBCNEWS_Mel_Gibson_Arrested_On_Terrorism.htm

And hope that you are not going to piss off the server.

All told, and speaking as a long-time connoisseur of leg-yanking stunts, I would give this particular hoax an impressive score of 8 -- maybe 8.5.

The blessed Leo Taxil (whose life and work I recommend to Mel Gibson) remains the only perfect 10 on record.

Anonymous said...

YOu are missing the point. Gibson has been emotional and angry with the atrocities of Israel in Lebanon, along with the lock-step nazi propaganda of the zionist controlled press in their lopsided and deceitful coverage. REmember, it was Gibson and his whole large family, 11 brothers and sisters, as well as a wife and children, who were terrorized endlessly the past two years by ADL/JDL funded terrorists.

The FBI listed the JDL in the late 1990's as the 2nd most active terrorist group in the U.S. And no, Muslims were not #1. Google it.

THis is a set up. The key to this story is getting the missing 4 pages of the original 8 page report which I'm sure put into context his "anti-semetic' statements and their relevance to current events taking place today.

All day long, on every single news station, at every single commercial break, I hear "Mel Gibson the anti-semite" and how he will 'never work in Hollywood again.'

THe most ironic thing of all, is the police spokesman at the press conferance, is a known Israeli-firster' beholden to the strong West Coast zionist mob. He could hardly contain his glee. I believe it was on either MSNBC or CNN last night. I will try to find the clip, though I doubt I will.

A good take on the scapegoating of Gibson can be read here...

http://www.aztlan.net/in_vino_veritas.htm
Also last weeks Peter Shank radio show. www.petershank.com (archives) He made some excellent points that've gone unreported.

IMO, Gibson is being villianized. He isn't perfect, but there is an agenda. Remember, he was about to embark on a TV series about the Holocaust.Can you imagine what all these Jewish front groups got together and plotted about this after their ruthless attack on the release of the Passion?

Joseph Cannon said...

izzy, I was pretty ruthless on "The Passion." And very few people have ever accused me of being part of a Jewish front group.

Anonymous said...

Adressing Joseph's logic, I would just add an interesting fact. Did you know that Tidwell was in Iraq in the beginning invasion?? Did you also notice he is a Jew who is bigtime zionist?

Check out Tidwell's web page and keep in mind Gibsons critiques of the Iraq War last year, not to mention Jewish control and censorship of Hollywood concerning war coverage.

And let's not forget that Mel's next proposed assignment was as series on the Holocuast. This, i suspect, is thhe root of them prob Also the fact that this arresting officer withheld 4 pages of his report becausehe felt that would garner Jewish hatred

Tidwell in Iraq
I suggest instead of listening to all this garbage, you listen to Mels dad speak at length about his beliefs. You can find it here and you will realize the frustration of the "Jews"...

Anonymous said...

http://bbclosangeles.com/blog/

Anonymous said...

I don't know if the BBC change little British English details for world audiences.

But when I saw "The FBI Los Angeles division office is releasing very little information at this time," it struck me that British usage would be to treat collective nouns as plural in terms of verb agreement. Thus the British usage would more likely say "office are" rather than "office is".