User talk:Plantsindanger

Concerning The Cook Report
You contributed this text to The Cook Report, however, Wikipedia is not a soapbox, so I'm putting it here (on a page you control) KevinCuddeback (talk) 14:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

The News Of The World blew it all out of proportion and it was terrible the way Roger and his family were treated by them. I think for those that are in the know about the allegations, it was not about the programme being faked. It was a personal disagreement about the methods used by certain senior producers and researchers that an individual named David Llewellyn who worked as technical support did not agree with. If you look at the reviews of Rogers’s latest book on Amazon.com ‘More Dangerous Ground’ David Llewellyn apologises for his involvement in the whole thing. A sadly missed programme with nothing to equal it being made, it would be nice if they could patch up the problems and start again in a world that has even more problems than when it finished ten years ago.

May 6th 2008 – I worked on the ‘NOTW’ and know for a fact David Llewelyn was not the main instigator behind the first allegations, despite being plastered all over the paper. Yes he did talk to us but it was a far more senior ex ‘Carlton TV’ employee that gave us the information first and several afterwards. ‘Llewelyn’ was only used to verify the details and protect the identity of the real informant that was still working within the company at the time and whose partner also worked for the ‘NOTW’. Don’t always believe what you read can have several reasons behind it and can be used to protect a good source. ‘Llewelyn’ did talk but was by no means the first, only the first to go on the record and believed everything he said to be the truth. As already mentioned above by another anonymous writer, he did not say things were staged but disliked methods used by some ex colleagues in the way evidence was gathered. ‘Llewelyn’ had his arm twisted by us and had little choice but to co-operate having himself worked for the paper in the past. Stories like these were one of the main reasons I left the paper as I know both sides were left shattered by the allegations. I too wish to see good old Roger back on the box as he’s a thoroughly nice chap and a true professional. Give us some good TV again, unlike the rubbish on today. Bring back the ‘Caped Crusader’and give him a medal for the work he has done.