As many of us previously predicted...he would be making more frequent trips back home once the restrictions were up. Another sign that points to him running Philly imo. I mean, he met with his top guys when he could after he originally got out, which is why he got popped with his street boss in FL.

Feds are probably gonna be turning the heat up on him now. He should still play it how he did when he first got out, but I guess with the possible unrest and not everyone being pleased with Merlino being in the big seat in the first place, he has to make his presence more known or he might get pushed out.

My 2 and a half cents.

yearh he is spending alot of time in philly lately and he needs to i know there is heat on him but not everyone likes him and he needs to be there running things

Scott basically made an article today off of the pictures that I post.. And he got stuff wrong. Like saying joey was at Raos this summer. That picture is from winter and joey and his wife have jackets on.. I used to like scotts stuff but now im seeing he writes a lot of articles based on stuff that we talk about on the forums. Honestly i was pretty pissed off when i read it today and makes me not want to even post pictures that i find anymore. And it definetly makes me not want to read his stuff anymore.

Tag your photos so he can't just take them. Just write "HandsomeStevie" or something across the middle before posting a pic.

Thanks Ted thats a good idea.. I mean i share them with people on the forum thinking that they gonna stay on the forum. Then he comes along and ever since gangster report has been up he uses the photos that i post on this site all the time on his articles and thats bullshit. Its one thing for me to share it on here but when he makes articles with the pictures im posting everyone in the world is going to see them pictures with the articles and I am not posting pictures for him to do that. I have been pretty pissed about it for a while now but with that article today now im furious. and hes writing how joey is in cali and new york at raos and jersey shore all this summer.. i know nobody told him that because its not true that picture at raos is from 33 weeks ago and Joey and his wife are wearing jackets.

He writes all the bullshit stories citing sources when hes really on the forums and just making up his own stories using posters as his sources. I almost want to call his agent thats listed on his website and flip the hell out.

This is the article I referenced in the Joey thread talking about Sonny mazzone beating a woman. And I can't agree more then handsome and you guys about Scott lately.I use to like his stuff. Now I'm questioning his Detroit credibility as well. He took Handsomes pics and basicly everything else. I really hope George Anastasia didn't give him any of his sources.Scott said something along those lines when George A retired. I hope it was just that Veasey thing. He grabbed a lot of info from various sites and made it his own. I wrote papers in high school that way. I don't want to come off mean cause some of his stuff is decent, especially Detroit. Maybe He needs to stop writing articles on Philly.

Good to see some if you are finally waking up.

Where do you get those pics anyway? Facebook and Joey's Instagram? Were those pics recently posted by Joey? Maybe he gets them from Instagram also. Idk.

So you steal the pictures from someone else and mad he does the same to you?

hahahaha...RIGHT

so, you find the pictures from someone and he finds them from you...

Is it your personal collection or something? If so then I will shut up.

If not...

Handsome Stevie: "Listen here Scott's agent. I will SUE if he uses the pictures I used my hard earned time to steal from someone else. How dare he!"

Blackjack,
now that you yourself are acknowledging that SB uses BB photo's posted here as a 'source' for his articles I assume once you've finished having a go at Steve for his contributions to this site you'll withdraw your previous comments regarding how SB is beyond criticism and that those who do are just 'haters' and yourself criticse him in a similar fashion that you did HS?

I look forward to it.

come on guys, use your brains. Handsome Stevie posts these pictures on a frigging website for people to look at. He doesn't write articles based on them, nor does he charge people to read those articles.

You see the problem with that? One guy is just like you and me on here. the other guy is a professional journalist.

What?

What does having pictures found online to accompany articles a crime?

Are you only allowed yo use secret FBI photo stash photo's that nobody has ever seen before or what?

I just dont see how using a picture someone posted online (that the person they got it from simply found online) is a reason to discredit someone? But whatever floats your boat, pal.

A photo accompanying an article as a "source" isn't the same as having a "source" for an article.

Stevie is acting like he has some top secret photos from his personal collection that nobody else can use.

I appreciate the pictures he has posted on here, doesn't mean I have to agree with his attitude or sentiment toward SB for simply using a photo to accompany an article he has written.

And I still dont get how you guys can come to the conclusion that he based entire articles off of pictures that HS found online? Most of them are on Joey's instagram. Doesn't take hours of dedicated service to find them.

Maybe you guys can make your own Bash Scott thread, so that every post discussing his article doesn't get taken over by you guys.

You're missing the point.

We're just 'haters' for criticizing or doubting certain articles SB publishes yet when it comes out that that criticism may have some merit as his most recent article indicates , we're still haters, apparently.

Maybe we're not blind haters. Maybe you're just a blind 'fanboy'.

+1 Nicky.

The criticism has merit because he used some pictures to accompany his articles? I guess in your eyes that makes him the phony and fraud you have accused him of being.Over using pictures he found, that someone else also found, that are on JOEY"S INSTAGRAM lol Thank god you aren't a judge in a court of law, we would all be fucked.

thanks Sonny.

I didn't even read scott's current article. Someone said it's a pay site now and I ain't paying.

I've been very polite and open minded about my so-called "criticism" of Scott. Go back and look at all my posts where I mention him. I may actually go as far as defending him on ocassion.

But, see for yourself. His articles are usually VERY heavy on back story and speculative on the current issue he is reporting on. I don't write his articles so I can't say where/how he gets his info. It's just what I see when I read them.

I don't claim to know anything more than anyone else. And unless you are in the philly mob, which no one on this site likely is, any information I state is whisper down the lane, just like other guys and girls who post But, I ain't gonna charge for that.

I don't think it is a charge site? Thought he did away with that a while ago.

Regardless, you are entitled to your opinion, im not sure if you are one of the guys that head hunt him in every thread or not...my sentiments were mostly reserved for them

Anyway

Merlino 2016

Merlino 2016. LOL. I get it. You like to stir the pot. Everyone on here should have thick enough skin to laugh and let it roll off.

Truth be told, I like to imagine mobsters like baseball or football trading cards; killing stats, bookie stats, era, RBI's, tackles, hits, extortion values. So, I find the comedic relief in it to. The world is so warped, how can you not laugh at it..

You can have your opinions too. But dude, if you start flaming people they're gonna bounce you. Play nice.

No. When he states that Joey was in NY at Rao's and Joey's all geared up in winter gear and its July. That's suspicious and warrants skepticism.



Which I have never done.

Why is it that something written in print to you is beyond reproach or criticism?



As opposed to your blind acceptance?
Each to his own.




Edit: What Nicky said. Im out. Peace!

@Handsome Stevie- haha I totally noticed that as well. All of a sudden right after the pics come out he basically posts a running commentary on the photos that you posted. I am not a Scott hater and frankly would rather him write it rather than not, but makes you wonder about some of the validity of these sources and how much he is just simply pulling for the message boards and taking consensus views from forums, etc...

Which photos of Merlino is he talking about anyway? The rao photo and the one with Meek Mill?

Only one I see on the Merlino article is him and wags talking to Dave S

I don't see how im "flaming" anyone. Geesh people are sensitive on here. I'm just gonna bow out of this thread then.

i like scott site i enjoy reading it particulary when he talks about Detroit he has very strong knowledge there. I rather he does write these articles its why i post them because they are interesting i dont take everything he says as always right nor do i critize him if you dont like him dont read his articles even if they are a bit exaggerated i find them interesting to read like others.


at least he is not like that clown ed scarpo

All Scott says is photos have surfaced on Instagram. You guys need to get a life. Its Beautiful day out , try going out and enjoying it.

I honestly thought the pictures were taken by HS from his personal collection- the same way the FBI takes photos and mob journalists feature them
In books staying "taken from FBI archives" or "photo provides by State task force" etc

But having read on, I realised these pics were NOT taken nor owned by HS. Therefore why would he need to tag or copyright them? The person who originally took the pic is the ONLY one who has the right to complain about people using their pics without permission