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You clearly haven't watched her speech before commenting
Caroline Wilson uses Andrew Olle Media Lecture to put spotlight on sexism in sport
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Except she won the highest award in journalism in this country for this very thing. Unless you know what journalism is, don’t comment on it.
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Have to say it was funny when Caro says her father banned her from the Richmond change room.
Its a better speech then it was reported, typical media.
Its a better speech then it was reported, typical media.
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Tried to do journalism?
Didnt try very hard. She writes a mix of gossip pieces and attack pieces against people wo have slighted her over the years.
Is anyone able to point to a defining and game changing article by her? Maybe where she broke a big story? Or described a game brilliantly?
As much as I don't like Caro, I've worked in enough factories to know what it must be like for a women to work in a male dominated industry. I'm sure it's a lot easier now relative to the old days, but I still see a lot of crass behaviour all to try and get a cheap laugh from the boyz.
Theirs always AFL pundits we don't like. CW presses a few peoples buttons. Its either that of just a flow of puff pieces which tell us nothing.
The AFL have had a lot skeletons in the closet. The 'boyz' club would hardly ever ask the real questions. Their to close to the gravy train.
CW is part of a group of proper journalists who 'keep the bastards honest'. The Public deserve to see the truth & the AFL need some sunlight shone in the dark places. Sunlight is a cleansing disinfectant.
As said we need a brave & fearless fourth estate. Our Democracy & corporate bodies need it to keep healthy & focused. We need it, like it all or not!
Theirs always AFL pundits we don't like. CW presses a few peoples buttons. Its either that of just a flow of puff pieces which tell us nothing.
The AFL have had a lot skeletons in the closet. The 'boyz' club would hardly ever ask the real questions. They're to close to the gravy train.
CW is part of a group of proper journalists who 'keep the bastards honest'. The Public deserve to see the truth & the AFL need some sunlight shone in the dark places. Sunlight is a cleansing disinfectant.
As said we need a brave & fearless fourth estate. Our Democracy & corporate bodies need it to keep healthy & focused. We need it, like it all or not!
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I remember an interview with Dixie Marshall years ago where she said they would deliberately nude up as soon as she went into the rooms.
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The irony here is CW's best material was always fed directly to her by head office. Once Demetriou left the building the gentle decline to Old Woman Yelling at Cloud began.
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Was Andrew Olle related to Sarah Olle who seemingly came from absolutely nowhere, to suddenly writing every Aussie Rules article on Fox Sports and being on the AFL's facebook streams?
I met her sister once. They are minted. Wonder if the old journo is part of it?
I met her sister once. They are minted. Wonder if the old journo is part of it?
I'm of the belief that the worst thing a woman in power can do, is complain about how hard it is for women to get into power.
It's not empowering at all, and completely undermines their own achievement.
She should be using herself as an example and explaining HOW she managed to push through the male dominance into a position of power.
It's not empowering at all, and completely undermines their own achievement.
She should be using herself as an example and explaining HOW she managed to push through the male dominance into a position of power.
It's an insecure world we now live in. Everyone wants to be a victim of something, anything.
Lack of self confidence, low self esteem, and pride for sale.
The weak and insecure are consumed by it and spread it like a disease on social media.
It is what it is.
Lack of self confidence, low self esteem, and pride for sale.
The weak and insecure are consumed by it and spread it like a disease on social media.
It is what it is.
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She's not a footy journo, she's a footy industry journo.
She writes about stuff like the hiring process that brought Gary Pert to Melbourne, and the 'friction' between Glen Bartlett and Peter Jackson. And they responded by uninviting her to their GF function.
I've no doubt that many people still don't take her seriously because she's a woman but plenty of people just don't appreciate her style of 'The Age believes...' journalism.
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Not to mention the biggest AFL yes man in the industry.
Ah that old chestnut.
Everyone can speak up.
It does create a nice victim narrative by suggesting they can't though.
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She's in a no-win situation there. If she wrote "I believe..." instead of "The Age believes...", they'd have a go because it's all about her.
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She's dug her own hole there by virtue of what she choose to report on. Hearsay, speculation, 'thources', fiction... if you report an incorrect fact, you get castigated. If you speculate on alleged internal rifts etc. you don't face the same scrutiny. Actual footy journos do it all the time, too. Especially around trade week.
She's an opinion piece writer and good for her, but it's not everyone's cup of tea.
Yeah v common and nothing unusual.
As a kid i was on my old man's shoulders in the Arden St rooms after a win as a few players were lined up behind a female reporter, arms behind their heads playing helicopters having a laugh. Couple of decades later i told him i had a vague memory of something and he just laughed and said it was Sam K Arnold B and someone else he couldnt remember.
I dont think the female reporters expected professionalism in changerooms during celebrations. Common for them to be right in amongst it in the changerooms way back then. They must have expected at least some fun and games.
Were far less conservative times though. The last 20-30yrs noooding up is now some sort of a major criminal offence, along with just about every other form of stupid fun.
Not unusual for players to deliberately do an interview in the nick with a female reporter. These days it would be labelled rape and your papers stamped.
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Or maybe if she wrote about football she'd be considered a reporter not a gossip spreader.
She has polarising opinions which of themselves cause people to turn off her. If gender is the sole reason or one of the reasons that results in her being criticised or treated adversely then fair enough, that’s a valid gripe and there would be dinosaurs in the industry that carry a gender bias attitude. But she also certainly says and writes some really stupid $hit - as do a raft of male “journos” - that makes her (and them) easy hate fodder.
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She lost me after the whole Eddie McGuire 'hold her underwater' thing.
There's no love lost between her and Eddie (or her and others, or Eddie and others) but she wanted it to be about sexism.
There's no love lost between her and Eddie (or her and others, or Eddie and others) but she wanted it to be about sexism.
