Frick and Frack

Solomon on Odyssey and the media (from the HH website):

Reuters shows a propensity to republish OMR's self-serving nonsense. This is not the role of journalism. It is pathetic. Has Reuters stock in OMR? It may as well. The BBC is not doing much better, but then, when does it ever?… No qualification and no supporting evidence….I will not risk boring you with more along the same lines. I will mention that the Associated Press has also been receiving my wrath. Lastly, you may notice that these mistakes all promote the position of OMR, which has some very powerful friends. Do I think some of these journalists are bent? Is the Pope a Catholic?

[Yes, all of us know how absolutely terrible the BBC is and the poor reputation they have internationally for shallow, shoddy reporting. Good one, Solomon!]

Doc on Odyssey and the media (from his letter to court):

Two international incidents between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain have taken place recently involving Odyssey Marine. The Kingdom of Spain has publicly branded Odyssey Marine as pirates. The world press have expressed their views and taken Odyssey to task in very strong terms (I attach recent publications). These prominent negative sentiments have been published by more important players than I, in very high profile media. I do not expect that Odyssey will take the UK Sunday Times (London), L’Express (Paris, La Gaceta (Madrid) [sic] and others to court in this matter. why [sic] should I be singled out for my opinions? I believe it is because I have published information already in the public domain that Odyssey would rather not have the public reminded of, and because I ask questions of the supporters of Odyssey that cannot be easily answered.

Frick and Frack contradicting one another? Shocking.

As an aside, just as in this pleading, Doc has asked the court several times to dismiss his case, including as recently as last week. The judge's answer? "Uh unh, nope."