I am absolutely with Jag when he says that when Jim misrepresents what we and other posters say it undermines his own credibility. Jag is not the first to make this point, not, by any means, the first to complain how that Jim misrepresents what others say. I know Steve Gardham not long ago asked Jim for the 'nth time' not to do it.

And this misrepresentation often involves alleging that people said things that Jim wants to argue against. Looks like a good example of 'mediation' to me. And unpopular as this may be, if ever a person was 'mediated' then that person was Walter Pardon, whatever his status as a 'source singer'.

It is absolutely right to look back at collectors from the past with a critical eye, including Alan Lomax. Not least if you are researching the history of a particular song. When Brian researches the 'history' of songs he must come up against questions such as the reliability and possible mediation and bias of the sources of information he finds.

I have more to say but as this post may well be deleted I am probably going to do the 'multiple post' thing at some point today.