January 7, 2009 – 1:06 pm
It is hard to know how to feel about the fact that I am getting both brickbats and bouquets that don’t belong to me. Those who are horrified at the deception involved in the Windschuttle hoax are blaming me, presumably because they can’t get to the hoaxer himself,* or because they think I shouldn’t have [...]
January 7, 2009 – 12:25 am
Extraordinary. Over on Larvatus Prodeo, Helen Dale, aka Darville, aka Demidenko advises “Sharon Gould” to out herself – and promises to write more later on her Skepticlawyer blog – and also possibly for Quadrant!
You couldn’t make it up.
Errr….could you?
January 6, 2009 – 10:37 pm
Larvatus Prodeo is getting more comments than this blog about the Windschuttle hoax. Look for yourself – but here are some choice quotes:
Liam
Jan 6th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
But does Sharon Gould have an Order of Lenin?
And from Mark Bahnisch:
Mark
Jan 6th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Incidentally, from the same issue of Quadrant, the title of this article [...]
January 6, 2009 – 6:33 pm
There seems to be a real chase on in the Mainstream Media to find out who the hoaxer is. (It is not me, it is not me). I have had half a dozen plausible names put to me this afternoon – academics, scientists, cultural warriors, other bloggers. Just so you know, I am not going [...]
January 6, 2009 – 4:55 pm
Samantha Maiden’s follow-up story on the hoax is here. She focusses mainly on Windschuttle’s suggestion that I am the hoaxer.
(I am not Sharon Gould, I am not Sharon Gould. Repeat until absorbed.)
Just to clarify the sequence of events here. (Although it was all in my original blog post).
I first heard about all this when the [...]
January 6, 2009 – 4:03 pm
And Samantha Maiden of The Australian has just been in touch.
January 6, 2009 – 3:48 pm
The Age and David Marr at the Sydney Morning Herald have both interviewed me about this in the last little while, and appear to be planning follow-up articles. Meanwhile Keith Windschuttle has updated his response to include an attack on Jonathan Green and Crikey. Jonathan is on holiday, but I gather he is emerging in [...]
January 6, 2009 – 2:32 pm
Crikey pushed the button to publish on the Windschuttle hoax over an hour ago now, and a few things have happened.
. Mainstream media are following up.
. CSIRO has been in touch. hey may have comment later, which I will post as soon as received. Just to be clear: the claim that CSIRO had plans to [...]
January 6, 2009 – 1:17 pm
I had the lead story in Crikey today, about a successful and clever hoax played on Keith Windschuttle and Quadrant magazine.
Depending on how long the silly season is this year, I imagine this story might run for a while – and in the longer term become part of the minor academic tradition that sees books [...]
