Bluey
12 Feb 2003, 11:01
As appeared in www.crikey.com.au...
1. WARNIE COVERAGE AS THE LOUT BLAMES HIS MUM
Shane Warne's announcement late yesterday afternoon that he was coming home from the World Cup due to a positive drug test would've had sports writers and editors working overtime last night. This is how the papers covered the scandal:
THE AGE/SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - Short piece covering all the basic information at top of front page, but certainly focused on Howard's visit to Washington and other developments in the Iraq situation:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/11/1044927599136.html
Fairfax sports columnist Greg Baum is very clear that Warne must be suitably punished even if it was an innocent mistake, stating "no penalty at all would be a dereliction of administrators' duty".
http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/11/1044927603615.html
Peter Roebuck is more conservative focusing on the combination of bad luck and poor judgement, which brought about Warne's downfall. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/12/1044927606660.html
THE AUSTRALIAN - Very similar to the Fairfax broadsheets, Warne make it to the top of the front page but the lead story is definitely Howard and Iraq.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5973592%255E2702,00.html
Patrick Smith slams Warne's stupidity, stating it was his fundamental responsibility as an elite athlete to have checked before he took any drug. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5971019%255E12270,00.html
HERALD-SUN/DAILY TELEGRAPH - No doubt as to the lead story in the tabloids, front and back page splashes on the Warne scandal with big photos and the headlines 'Warne drug bombshell' and 'Devastated' respectively. Five more pages of coverage inside.
Chief cricket writer for both papers Robert Craddock reports from Johannesburg, providing the front-page article. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5972062%255E661,00.html
And in his opinion piece, Craddock focuses on the still unanswered questions, which Warne must address if he is to escape a serious penalty for his ignorance.
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5973513%255E2771,00.html
After blaming Joe the Cameraman over the "can't bowl, can't throw" fiasco a few years back, this time Warnie is blaming his mum for the illegal pill.
1. WARNIE COVERAGE AS THE LOUT BLAMES HIS MUM
Shane Warne's announcement late yesterday afternoon that he was coming home from the World Cup due to a positive drug test would've had sports writers and editors working overtime last night. This is how the papers covered the scandal:
THE AGE/SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - Short piece covering all the basic information at top of front page, but certainly focused on Howard's visit to Washington and other developments in the Iraq situation:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/11/1044927599136.html
Fairfax sports columnist Greg Baum is very clear that Warne must be suitably punished even if it was an innocent mistake, stating "no penalty at all would be a dereliction of administrators' duty".
http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/11/1044927603615.html
Peter Roebuck is more conservative focusing on the combination of bad luck and poor judgement, which brought about Warne's downfall. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/12/1044927606660.html
THE AUSTRALIAN - Very similar to the Fairfax broadsheets, Warne make it to the top of the front page but the lead story is definitely Howard and Iraq.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5973592%255E2702,00.html
Patrick Smith slams Warne's stupidity, stating it was his fundamental responsibility as an elite athlete to have checked before he took any drug. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,5971019%255E12270,00.html
HERALD-SUN/DAILY TELEGRAPH - No doubt as to the lead story in the tabloids, front and back page splashes on the Warne scandal with big photos and the headlines 'Warne drug bombshell' and 'Devastated' respectively. Five more pages of coverage inside.
Chief cricket writer for both papers Robert Craddock reports from Johannesburg, providing the front-page article. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5972062%255E661,00.html
And in his opinion piece, Craddock focuses on the still unanswered questions, which Warne must address if he is to escape a serious penalty for his ignorance.
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,5973513%255E2771,00.html
After blaming Joe the Cameraman over the "can't bowl, can't throw" fiasco a few years back, this time Warnie is blaming his mum for the illegal pill.