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The newspaper industry is in enough trouble these days without printing smear jobs written by “journalists” who have a conflict of interest about the very subject they are writing about. But this past week, the New York Post did just that by publishing this gem by Peter J. Nash about deceased baseball memorabilia collector Barry Halper.
What the New York Post doesn’t tell you is that Nash is involved in a long-running litigation with a memorabilia auction house that represented Barry Halper, has admitted in publicly-filed court papers to committing fraud against that very same auction house, and has an outstanding warrant for arrest related to a $760,000 judgment against him.
Not so “Pete Nice” is he now, is he?
...Peter J. Nash was once Pete Nice, and he wrote, or helped write, and perform “Pop-Pop Goes the Weasel”, a 1990 rap “anthem” pointed at the injustice of rappers who were “posers” who weren’t representing the true nature of what rap was all about. As a member of “3rd Bass”, I assume Nash was all about “keepin’ it real” back then.
Funny thing about life. If you make the wrong choices, it’s not that difficult to become what you once despised. Smearing a man’s good name to sell a book?
Pop-pop goes the weasel, ’cause the weasel goes pop.
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1. YR Misses Reggie Bars Posted: July 28, 2011 at 02:18 PM (#3887468)Having an axe to grind does not necessarily mean that you're wrong. It just means that you're motivated.
Actually, I seem to recall some people pointing out that Nash was involved in fraud issues when his article was posted here. So it was no secret.
And if the point is that Nash should therefore not be believed, then it is not a good point at all, since Halper very clearly was involved in fraud. Maybe this is a case of "it takes one to know one."
I don't know that he was making that particular point. I agree with him that if the Post is going to give Nash space to go after Halper, they should make their readers aware of Nash's own issues on this front.
He's had a handful of articles posted here. If that was pointed out, it was in a thread I didn't read (or it simply didn't stick - can't rule that out).
i don't know exactly what crime nash did/did not commit with memorabilia, but if what halper sold were forgeries, then nash is telling the truth and saying - HEY he did it too means, like what?
Well, there's the problem. Thinking that the NYP is a newspaper.
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