Scape Goat Alleged SPP incident/broken curfew + malicious and exploitative reporting by Channel 7 news

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Most likely the girl went to the club, then went to the media (or one of her "friends" did for her), the media have spammed anyone tagged in photos at the club that night (hence the video/commentary from the two clowns in the car). Unless she's posted "LOL SPP totes touched my butt!!!" on the club Facebook page and someone's picked up on it, it's not like the media are going to track down an incriminating post from the wall of "random saturday night drunk chick #12856"
She posted Sam Powell-pepper you are a pig on her Facebook status... not sure if she tagged the club or not, but her friends encouraged her to complain to Port.
 

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Nah I dont think that would be a good look. It would be better if Sam went at this alone with his own legal advice. Getting others involved looks a lot like bullying. The AFLPA concern themselves with issues regarding the collective rather than the individual.
They would be going after the media smear campaign led by Hussey and Seven Adelaide.
 

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I want the AFL to hurry up and finalise their investigation / announce their findings. If SPP has no case to answer then it should be game on.
With all the due diligence bullish..t, the AFL decision would have to be signed off by the top person, ie Gill, down to the person who cleans the loo.
 

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Surely just refusing to do any interviews with ch7 Adelaide would be effective enough...
I can understand why you would want to do that but SEVEN is a telecast partner of the AFL and may have a right of access agreement with the AFL.

In any case the Club isn't going to rock SEVEN's boat too much as the President works for them. If we cut off every media outlet that did us a bad turn we would not get any coverage at all.

Seven's beat up was atrocious but we will get over it.
 

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Does any self respecting person watch TV news anyway?
Sitting here eating my lunch and watching ABC News 24 as I read your post.

I would not watch commercial TV "news" in a pink fit.
 

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I can understand why you would want to do that but SEVEN is a telecast partner of the AFL and may have a right of access agreement with the AFL.

In any case the Club isn't going to rock SEVEN's boat too much as the President works for them. If we cut off every media outlet that did us a bad turn we would not get any coverage at all.

Seven's beat up was atrocious but we will get over it.
I think it’s only the local ch7 that needs to be boycotted. The interstate sporting Journos have nothing to do with this and the other bad press we get. We should just ban the local ch7 from any press conferences and interviews with anyone involved with the club. Especially the likes of Elspeth Smiton and co.

As for our ch7 sponsorship I bet it’s only minimal and what’s stopping nine or ten filling the void.

I don’t think I’ll be getting over it on the near future. This is just the last straw look at all the previous recent history that sh!t stain organisation has. I think they can just get ******.

It must be cause I’m getting old or something but I’ll be holding on to this grudge for a long long time.
 

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Throw a banana at an Aboriginal Crows player in the heat of a showdown and you're the most racist person alive.

Using your position in the media to actively exaggerate a claim of sexual assault against an Aboriginal Port player, and all's good apparently.
i'd rather that first event was forgotten forever. Certainly I don't want to be reminded of it by a Port fan. And it doesn't justify your point.
 

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The final decision the AFL makes after their investigation will be made with about 1% concern for the offence, 1% for SPP, 1% for the girl, 20% for the public perception of the AFL and 77% to make Gillon and his cohorts feel all warm and fuzzy thinking they have done something to increase men's respect for women. The sooner they reach their decision the quicker Channel 7 will realize painting SPP as another Harvey Weinstein will not fool the public.
 

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Believe Graham Archer is the producer of 7 news Adelaide. Kochie should definitely windmill his way on in to that office. He's probably got the access pass and everything.
 
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I remember back in 2007, Channel 7 tried to broadcast a story about a Hawthorn players confidential medical records they “found in a gutter”, in response the AFLPA organised a league-wide boycott of Channel 7, all players refused to answer any media questions or participate in any post match interviews unless they ditched the story

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2022999.htm
 

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Believe Graham Archer is the producer of 7 news Adelaide. Kochie should definitely windmill his way on in to that office. He's probably got the access pass and everything.
Graham Archer is a piece of shit and these unethical tabloid tactics from the crow ambassador/employee would have come straight from him.
 
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Just remember that when Digital TV was introduced to Australia, 9, 10 and the ABC wanted HDTV but 7 wanted SDTV. Not surprising that they’re the same TV channel that still shows AFL in standard definition. When they had to triple cast Analogue, HD Digital and SD Digital only 7 was happy, the others were not.
Oh yeah and they tried to kill soccer in Australia. Poor form 7. Always have been and always will be.
 

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I'm with you guys wtf kinda name is Elspeth?
Elspeth is the Scottish equivalent of Elizabeth.
The Concise Oxford describes a 'hussy' as an impudent or immoral girl or woman. A little poetic licence to be sure but the irony of it should not be lost on us.

Believe Graham Archer is the producer of 7 news Adelaide. Kochie should definitely windmill his way on in to that office. He's probably got the access pass and everything.
Yeh, it probably makes as much sense to have a go at those behind the scenes. Ms Hussey is probably only the mouthpiece while SEVEN's news editors and producers probably scripted and approved the segment.
 

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Throw a banana at an Aboriginal Crows player in the heat of a showdown and you're the most racist person alive.

Using your position in the media to actively exaggerate a claim of sexual assault against an Aboriginal Port player, and all's good apparently.
Yes, but men are evil so it’s ok to do this, you know...just in case.

Both perps here were female, imagine the uproar if the genders were reversed.
 
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