Ross was pro and his response was perfect. Would have **** Caro that he didn't bite at all. Brilliant.
I am biased though, rate *most* journalists about the same as RE agents and car salesman. A real journalist does not try and make the story by inciting the interviewee.
Caro had one objective and one only - to try to get a rise out of Ross so that she could make a few more headlines. Fortunately she failed - imagine if she had Hardwick sitting in front of here, I doubt she would have even had the guts to ask the question.
Caro says it on radio or in a column and you'd bag her for not having the guts to say it to his face. She says it to his face, challenges him to a conversation about it and you bag her for trying to get a rise out of him.
The people asking the questions aren't actually that important to me. I'm interested in the merit of their question. That's why I don't like it when Ross chooses to mock the person who, representing the fans, asks a reasonable question.
I guess I'm out of touch with many here, who don't mention a single footy writer, whether it's Robbo, Caro, McInnes, McClure or the WA guys, or the apparent 1600 AFL journos (I reckon that figure is made up BTW) without telling us how inept they are.
Personally, I watch the commentary and read a lot of the AFL stuff written and a fair chunk of it is informative and written by people who seem to love the game as much as I do. I'm grateful we don't depend on the AFL and the club for its sanitised version of events.