Still no front page!! Where's the "hype"??

[Argent]

Of course it does, but you're the one creating some sort of illusion I am paying them disrespect. I commented on the lack of hype of RL (which is obvious), and you only pop your head up on this matter, yet not all other events where people die, because RL took a back seat to it

You are a hypocrite, get stuffed.

find a ditch roll over and die.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Of course it does, but you're the one creating some sort of illusion I am paying them disrespect. I commented on the lack of hype of RL (which is obvious), and you only pop your head up on this matter, yet not all other events where people die, because RL took a back seat to it

Idiot, notice how everyone here is having a go, not just RL fans as you put it, I couldn't care less about the front page, back page or any bloody page.

If RL had of had the front page after what happened in Bali, i would've sent an email to the paper myself, you are having a go at me and others, yet you where the 1 who posted it in the 1st place, sport is sport, it's only a game, yet you want to score points about how massive AR is compared to RL, get bent.

Not once have you said anything nice about anything, you are a bitter bitter troll.

 

[i0Nic]

Of course it does, but you're the one creating some sort of illusion I am paying them disrespect.

Theres no illusion about it. At least 30 have died in another (2nd) terrorist attack so close to our shores with a number of Australians involved. It is a highly newsworthy event and something which will have greater repercussion's on the Australian public than any football game would. If the bombing happened a few days earlier then those Swans front pages wouldn't have occurred either.

Aussies died in such an abominable way, do you think it would be respectful to bumb such a significant event off the front page in favour of a footy match?

You are a tool mate I can't believe the stuff you're dribbling.

 

[Argent]

If RL had of had the front page after what happened in Bali, i would've sent an email to the paper myself

Rubbish!

Did you shoot an email off to the Telegraph when more than 3 times that amount were killed in Iraq yet got shafted back to page 7?

 

[Argent]

Theres no illusion about it. At least 30 have died in another (2nd) terrorist attack so close to our shores with a number of Australians involved. It is a highly newsworthy event and something which will have greater repercussion's on the Australian public than any football game would. If the bombing happened a few days earlier then those Swans front pages wouldn't have occurred either.

Aussies died in such an abominable way, do you think it would be respectful to bumb such a significant event off the front page in favour of a footy match?

You are a tool mate I can't believe the stuff you're dribbling.

The NRL didn't make the front page all week!

Case closed.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Rubbish!

Did you shoot an email off to the Telegraph when more than 3 times that amount were killed in Iraq yet got shafted back to page 7?

Do you know who i email now or something?

You have no idea, so you should just shut up, i've never said if i'm for the war or against it, you just keep guessing away.

BTW, i've already said congrates to the swans, have you done the same for the Tigpies?

 

[i0Nic]

Rubbish!

Did you shoot an email off to the Telegraph when more than 3 times that amount were killed in Iraq yet got shafted back to page 7?

It's called news 'relevance' mate. Thousands around the world die everyday. Something is newsworthy based on how close it occurs to home, if any Aussies were involved, how it affects the public's consciousness and their everyday life, the timeliness of the event, if there is any conflict involved, the current climate/context of the world... etc etc I may be a journalism student but it doesn't take a uni degree to realise these basic things and it doesn't take a genius to work out that you're a troll.

 

[Argent]

Do you know who i email now or something?

You have no idea, so you should just shut up, i've never said if i'm for the war or against it, you just keep guessing away.

BTW, i've already said congrates to the swans, have you done the same for the Tigpies?

Did you or did you not email the Daily Telegraph to complain that the Iraqi Victims didn't make the front page?

 

[i0Nic]

The NRL didn't make the front page all week!

Case closed.

The novelty of the Swans reaching the grandfinal is something that interests most Sydneysiders so it is no surprise that it got a few front pages.
The NRL grandfinal would have got a front page if it wasn't for the bali bombings.

In any case, you are trying to measure the popularity of each code on the basis of how many front pages it gets on a tabloid rag such as the daily telegraph?
You are a sad, sad child.

 

[Argent]

It's called news 'relevance' mate. Thousands around the world die everyday. Something is newsworthy based on how close it occurs to home, if any Aussies were involved, how it affects the public's consciousness and their everyday life, the timeliness of the event, if there is any conflict involved, the current climate/context of the world... etc etc I may be a journalism student but it doesn't take a uni degree to realise these basic things and it doesn't take a genius to work out that you're a troll.

They didn't make the front page all week. Is that a good enough synopsis for you? I hope i don't disrespect the families paying higher petrol prices, or the Swans fans that made the front pages, when i say that

 

[Argent]

The NRL grandfinal would have got a front page if it wasn't for the bali bombings.

The NRL didn't make the front page all week! The fact remains that the AFL GF generated more interest in Sydney than the NRL GF.

 

[i0Nic]

The NRL didn't make the front page all week! The fact remains that the AFL GF generated more interest in Sydney than the NRL GF.

Ok you win, your simple black and white approach to popularity analysis has convinced me that you must be right.

The 'fact' is that the Swans got a couple front pages in Sydney when there was nothing else that was more newsworthy.

The 'fact' is that inspite of the WHOLE of sydney being behind the swans to win in such a one off novelty event, in contrast to only a certain region in Sydney supporting the tigers... the NRL still easily got more viewers than the AFL grandfinal.

This is all without adding the large regional viewership in NSW and QLD that the NRL will have attracted (possibly close to 2 million).

 

[i0Nic]

The 'fact' Argent, is that the NRL don't need false hype generated by rags such as the Daily Telegraph to instill interest and passion in the Sydney public.

The Swans get a ********load of advertising and airtime on Ch10 and the news in Sydney yet they consistantly rated poorly and at a loss for the station. You can see that the correlation between actual interest in the event/team/sport whatever doesn't always relate to the amount of publicity it receives.

 

[Sid]

Why weren't you up in arms when on the Friday 100 Iraqi's were bombed and killed?

This is a rugby league forum mate, if you have problems with politics, then go elsewhere. Is it my fault that i dont hear about all the innocent iraqis and afghanistanis? Dont you know that when a disaster happens that relates closer to australia, it gets publicised more? I honestly dont know what you're trying to argue in this thread.

If you're angry, go and protest against the yanks or the aussie government, not me. Most people with a brain realise the world is fu<ked up, and most of us realise that theres not much we can do about it.

 

[copa]

Perhaps out of respect to the Balinese, you could provide a front page that features Rugby League?

Moron.. are you still on about this.. you seemed positively happy the bombing occured on another thread earlier today because it msay take some news away fromn RL.... in fact my response and all your posts seem to have disappeared now...


You are disgusting.

 

[copa]

The NRL didn't make the front page all week! The fact remains that the AFL GF generated more interest in Sydney than the NRL GF.

Ratings in Sydney this year were higer than last year... there has been RL news everywhere you fool.

 

[BuffaloRules]

The NRL didn't make the front page all week! The fact remains that the AFL GF generated more interest in Sydney than the NRL GF.

Perhaps you could argue that the Daily Telegraph hype for the Swans was over the top, considering the NRL attracted more viewers + the 80,000 odd that attended the game??

 

[Aucklander]

I've seen League fans banned for less trolling than this.

 

[Bomber Bears]

Perhaps out of respect to the Balinese, you could provide a front page that features Rugby League?

Check out the front of the SMH today.

And why compare a paper from before the rugby league grand final compared to after the AFL grand Final? Makes no sense.

 

[rhino]

The AFL was on the front page because it was a one-off and concerned Sydney as a whole. There is a NRL GF in Sydney every year so it's not huge news. Doesn't mean NRL is dying.

If someone off Neighbours was murdered it would be front page news, but more people would still watch CSI then Neighbours. If you get my drift.

 

[Sunny]

This has to be the lowest post ever coming from a anti-RL supporter. I suggest this thread be closed and/or the tool involved banned.

 

[whythelongface]

The NRL didn't make the front page all week! The fact remains that the AFL GF generated more interest in Sydney than the NRL GF.

You have absolutely no idea. The NRL Grand Final was on the front page on Fridays edition of both the Telegraph and SMH.

Did you check out the lastest TV ratings for the NRL Grand Final something like 1.2million (the highest rating program for the year) and that does not count all those people who watched live at clubs.

But of course the NRL is fragile and losing interest.

 

[1908]

Remember in Melbourne the story about Wayne Carey affair had more pages dedicated to it in the Herald Sun compared to September 11. They live in their own little world down here.
I was in Sydney for the GF and the place went off Leichhardt, Ashfield, Balmain, Campelltown. I saw one Swans hat. League has nothing to worry about the Swans have to make their GF every year for them to get recognition the equal of ONE RL team.

 

[sportznut]

The AFL was on the front page because it was a one-off and concerned Sydney as a whole. There is a NRL GF in Sydney every year so it's not huge news. Doesn't mean NRL is dying.

EXACTLY!!! Wait to see what coverage it gets if Sydney don't do well next year. The only reason it got such big coverage was because it was just ONE TEAM representing the whole city (state) and they hadn't made the GF in 9 years so it was big novelty value. As you said, the NRL GF is on every single year and there's always a Sydney team in it (so far), usually two.

As for the opening post of this thread, it's a disgrace. Anybody with any idea about priorities would realise that the bombings in Bali had to go on the front page!

 

[robbieando]

Right,

Sorry that action has taken so long, but having started a new job yesterday I didn't have the time to read every signed thread today and I oversaw this vile crap from Argent.

In keeping with this board rules I'm locking this thread and will remove it from the board in a few days so everyone can get a look at it. Action will be taken against Argent in term of access to this board as per the rules stuck at the top of the board and his full rights in terms of the board is in the hands of the admin of BF.