I'm hoping this clickbait thread is a pisstake.
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Can remove the “AFL” from your headline.
??I'm a bit sick of the quality of AFL journalism and 'opinion' writers.
A lot of it sensationalized crap imo.
Growing up, the people who wrote into the paper were always laughed at and considered old fogeys or nuffies (in the parlance of our times). Now it seems the majority of the population has turned into the very ones we laughed at. I see commenting on an article no different than writing into the paper.There's too many journos and not enough content really if we are honest. So the minutiae of football gets inflated every week to make content.
Yes indeed - and sadly the difference here is that there ARE a lot of good stories out there waiting to be told. And in the past, journos often investigated them and created something really worth reading.
But the dollars are to be found in the eyeballs and clicks of the great unwashed who don't have the patience to read more than a couple of paragraphs, or the ability to understand anything above the most basic drivel. So we get silly, s**t, baity articles.
And if you think I'm being snobby or elitist by saying most consumers of media are morons, open any article online and scroll down to the comments section (which remember, has probably had the worst stuff already moderated out) and then tell me I'm wrong.
Problem is , the 'journos' are wrong or exaggerating most of the time.This is embarrassing. Reality is most supporters never want to hear anything negative about their club so kick up a stink and shoot the messenger when a journo shines a light on their clubs wrongdoings or deeds. Suck it up the lot of you.
The real blackspot is that the two of them would both be greatly enhanced by 2 investigating 1.the two major blackspots in the world of the afl are:
1) governance / probity / integrity (as a combined issue)
2) quality of journalism / commentary / broadcasting
The game is great, the fans are great. But the fans deserve more.
OK you made me look it up, congrats.Rare occasion Betteridge's Rule of Headlines in incorrect
Thank you for excluding Robbo. He's garbage is pretty much 100% incoherent. It's almost getting to the stage he is impressively incoherent.99% of AFL journalists are no different than Bigfooty posters except they get paid to spew out nonsense that is semi coherent.
Us sports media is independent of the leagues. They need to get their info right otherwise they lose connections.There is so much wrong with the US and US media - but how is their sports media just so much better than ours?
When guys like Woj, Shams and others tweet - you can basically take the info as nearly to the bank.
Instead, we get that awful journo Sam Maclure using the media platform provided to him to create nonsense headlines like “West Coast won’t pick him” (re Harley Reid).
Basically the only one I somewhat respect is Twomey.