Talk:Richard Desmond

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I thought that Northern and Shell sold most of their pornographic magazines to Remnant Media at around the time Desmond was buying the Express, including specifically Asian Babes and Big Ones, the magazines mentioned in the article. There's no mention of this in the article. Cite: [1]. I think Northern and Shell continues to publish Forum, which wasn't part of the deal. -- Karada 09:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

I don't know much about this guy, but the first sentence of the article is enough to demonstrate a bias in the current version. The article begins "Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is a British pornographer, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc." The second half of that sentence shows that he's clearly a media businessman and possibly a journalist as well; but the first half solidly identifies him simply as a pornographer. This bias continues throughout the article, leaving the impression that it's written by somebody who thinks he's a sleazy guy even while they cite arguments to the contrary.

Clearly Desmond is a complex person, and a good article about him would presumably examine and acknowledge this complexity without pre-judgement. Somebody who knows more about Desmond than I do should have a serious look at this. Fang2415 (talk) 10:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

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