Media kit: Observer journalist threatens to sue Survival

  • » MP3 audioVoicemail message (MP3 audio)

    Peter Beaumont, Foreign Affairs Editor of The Observer, threatens to sue Survival in a message left on Survival’s voicemail (download mp3)

     


    Transcript:

    “Hello, this is Peter Beaumont from The Observer here. I’m getting extremely irritated about the way in which you’re associating me with the allegation that you may have been responsible for a hoax. If you use that word once more, either in association with emails or letters sent to my office or anywhere else, I will be taking legal action and I will sue you for defamation or libel, whichever is appropriate. I’m available at 077x xxx xxxx. You are really on the brink of going too far, so I suggest you get in touch with me.”

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  • » WordSurvival’s press release about Peter Beaumont’s threat, 1 July 2008 (Word)

  • » WordSurvival’s letter to the Observer which the paper refused to publish (Word)


  • » WordThe Observer’s published retraction which can be read online  (Word)


  • » WordHoax claims (Word)

    A list of newspaper articles which claimed the pictures were a hoax, published after Peter Beaumont’s article

  • » Web linkPeter Beaumont’s article in The Observer, 22 June 2008 (Web link)


  • » Web linkSurvival International’s original press release (Web link)

    The press release publishing the images of the uncontacted tribe, issued 29 May 2008