Here's an idea, if you don't want something of yours posted on the internet, DON'T POST IT ON THE INTERNET. Isn't that the point of the internet to begin with? Sharing information?

Weren't them photo's off Merlino's Instagram page? Not sure how that makes them property of HS because he found them first.

Not to be a fan boy or a
Troll but Foreal though. What's his Instagram?

As Ivy said, good to see people waking up to Scott's bullshit. I got slaughtered on here for calling him a fraud about a year ago.

Handsome Stevie,

There was only a single reference to Instagram activity in the most recent Merlino piece, no actual photos. What exactly are you so upset about? Sincerely, if you ever want to chat or text, you can always hit me up (248-214-7291)

I for the life of me can't understand why I'm such a lightning rod for the internet mob-talk community.

Scott Burnstein

fuck them scott honestly some people just look for trouble i enjoy your sit defo when its about detroit

Fraud? In what way? How many people my age in this profession have sat with top-ranking LCN figures(current and former) in three diff cities and have been published within the genre regarding multiple crime families ? How many journalists under 40 have guest written Jerry Capeci's Gangland column? You can call me a lot of things, fraud is probably a stretch

Scott Burnstein

scott i sent you a pm

i dont understand why people look down i am not saying your the best mob reporter of all time but most of your work is good espically when detroit some people make you out to be some ed scarpo (ed scarpo clown)

wowwww 3 pages? lol I never claimed anything to be my property. Just saying i post pictures for people on this site and big scott goes and makes an article with it. I post them on here to share with other posters and figured it would stay HERE.

To everyone that likes the pictures and understands where im coming from, Cool! Yall know the deal. to everyone that dont understand my frustration, whatever Im not here to fight. And Scott I used to like your stuff but come on that article you wrote was bullshit. I wish I could come out and tell everyone where i get some of the pictures, but if I did that i wouldnt be able to get most of them anymore. Yea i got some from joeys instagram but thats about 20% of the photos ive posted..

Since Scott is here now in this thread can you please elaborate on him being a fraud? How is he a fraud? I am not defending him at all but I am just exhausted with all the trolling. You have the man's ear now so please elaborate.

I said the same to him when he used to post on here regularly about a year ago.

What was your previous account on here?

How many people under 40 actually are LCN journalists? Are there even a handful? Way to go, Scott.

How is he fraudulent? We're still waiting?

Ok now I am starting to get really fucking annoyed I keep getting asked by people did you have a previous account no did not I am going to say once and not again I don't like repeating myself I have a account on abouthemafia which is a mob website through someone on that site who is also on her I found out about this site I saw some knowledge posters I thought ok I want to join this so hear I come and everyone keeps giving me bullshit what is wrong with you guys it's like you get angry that I joined the site I might leave Bobby was right I come hear to talk about the mob and listen to other people's opinios. Even this thing a fucking photo come on people. Dom can vouch I am not some "lurker" as some have asked me I did not even have a fucking clue about this site till recently
Maybe Bobby was right so much bullshit

I got into this whole debate when Scott started charging for the site, I gave my reasons then, you defended Scott, your clearly retarded or you just can't remember, as you defend him at every opportunity.

Your disdain for the guy is ridiculous.

He is backed by, and respected by two of the top mafia journalists...George and Jerry, and I believe co wrote for George and did a GangLandNews for Jerry...pretty good in terms of a mob journalist if you ask me. You wont see a guy like Ed Lieber writing a gang land news

The guy has sat down with Leonetti and other mobsters. Spoken with Frankie the Bomb, Jackie the kid...and several Detroit mobsters...

He has accomplished a ton more than the mafia arm chair critics on this website that is for sure. His book on Leonetti is very good...and has tons of amazon reviews, and is still rated 4 1/2 out of 5 stars. It's like you are jealous he gets so much recognition so you try to shit on him any chance you get.

http://www.amazon.com/Mafia-Prince-Inside-Americas-Violent/dp/0762454318 (link, in case you call me a fraud and liar also)

Why do you go out of your way to berate the guy constantly?

Why don't you simply ignore threads Scott Burnstein related? I mean it isn't like you accidentally came in here not knowing it was a SB thread...when the title is "scotts article" lol And just don't read any of his articles anymore since he is such a fraud? Makes no sense why you keep reading his material and replying in the threads

Of course, it's his job.

Jealous of a MOB journalist fucking hell, what a ridiculous assumption. Jealousy is an awful trait to have.

I've stated this to you several times BlackJack, yet you never seem to listen, you always defend him and come back with 'He wrote a great book' I haven't read that book! But have heard from most people that's it's really good so good on him. But does that make him a credible source for the modern day mob? In my opinion no.

Some of his articles have good mob history, especially Detroit ones, but outside of Detroit I think he mainly speculates, as we all do.

I've said this numerous times, I really enjoyed the documentary he did, Detroit Confidential I think (Apart from the end where he said that Detroit were the most successful family lol)

You even went out of your way to edit the post and add in the bit of Gangland, they struggle for news now a days, Scott is probably the best historian out there when it comes to Detroit LCN, doesn't mean his articles outside of Detroit are accurate

that isn't what I edited, I didnt add it at all, actually.

I already had it in...All I did was change it from putting, I think he wrote for GL...to he wrote for it..because it was right in the post and I missed it at first

u are seriously grasping man

why dont u never read a SB article...because u said he is a fraud...

and never comment on a sb article? Because what is the point? You dislike him and his info

I don't dislike him personally, just most of the articles I've read. I don't know the man, another daft assumption on your part. Like I said, I like his Detroit articles, full of history, rarely read any of the others. I probably haven't visited his site in a few months until the other day when I saw this thread, saw the commotion and thought I'd read, because he took a wild guess about Merlino being at Rao's in last few weeks, when it was last year.

And....if you look at it closely...it is in a new paragraph that he speaks about the Rao's pics. He was talking about the different photos on Joey's instagram. He didnt really say...it was a recent pic of Joey at Rao's. It was towards the sentiment about the different pictures he posted on his insta....

The summer of 2015 has been swagger-dripping Philadelphia mob boss Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino’s best in a while. For the first time since the 1990s, he’s completely untethered, free to chill at the Jersey Shore with his boys and roam the country at his whim. When Merlino walked out of a Miami federal correctional institute in April after serving over three months on a parole violation, he shed any remaining government supervision and he’s taking full advantage: Skinny Joey has spent the past few weeks jet-setting from his current homebase in South Florida to his old neighborhood in South Philly, New York City, the longtime east coast summer getaway spot at the Shore in Margate, New Jersey and out west to California to visit his sister, nephews and nieces in L.A ., all the while chronicling portions of his travels on social media.

Images of Skinny Joey and his tight-knit crew of childhood chums-mob underlings as well as photos of he and his wife posing in front of famous NYC eatery Rao’s and alongside the rap world’s No. 1 power couple Meek Mill (Philly born-and-bred) and Nicky Minaj have surfaced on Instagram, a social media mechanism Merlino seems to be a huge fan of. Merlino frequently interacts with his “followers” on Instagram and allows his “fans” to take pictures with him to post on their respective social media accounts.

He just spoke of the pictures that were posted on his IG. Not that they just happened. Maybe Joey posted it as a flash back photo and Scott just referenced the fact he posted a photo out front of Rao's?

Scott has a fan club lol. I liked this site a lot better when people actually talked about la cosa nostra rather then argue about shit that dont really matter. When i first responded on this thread I was simply stating how I felt and I really didnt expect everybody to start keyboard fighting with each other.

There was a bunch of local cameras at the federal courthouse and prison today in center city..... never found out what for... the pope will be here in a month so... maybe something with his protection detail

So Tommy Gambino what are you saying? You have nothing to back up you're baseless claims?

I've gave my reasons in this thread to blackjack and to you several times, you clearly are a fucking spastic.

I remember you private messaging me that Scott told you about several commission meetings between Detroit, high level Sicilian mafia members, new york and places like Buffalo What a fucking idiot.

I have never private.message anyone ever on this board. Pizzaboy serp and jmack have sent me private messages before but that's it. I also don't know anything about Detroit OC. Pretty weird you would make that up