Biased/incompetent media coverage

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lewigie said:
"sufficiently in the public interest" would be argued hard by media outlets, though they're the ones who have pushed hard for it to be in the public interest.
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The layman does not care about the airport shot. Hardcore Eagles fans don’t care about the airport shot. Neutral AFL fans don’t care about the airport shot. Furious Dockers fans don’t care about the airport shot. Check the above Jon Ralph tweet responses for a general sample of how people feel about the airport shot.

The media care about the airport shot because everyone else is getting it - we go too or we fall behind. It’s done because it’s been done because it’s been done.
 
Standards of practice are even more vague, if that's at all possible. :)

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The most glaring thing for me out of all this was the hypocrisy of the media, like chummed up sharks!
So many parties with their own agendas and angles..
And all those two bit ex footy journos and commentators with a fleas dick full of integrity.
And jello-belly Ross, what a flim-flam wet fish he is! How could you trust a sporting coach with a fat gut?
Can't wait for the next Derby!
Meh, we move on....
 

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avishka5 said:
Maybe Pav's wife should spend a bit more time watching more footy before she calls us flat track bullies.
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Both pav and his wife are filth who have no respect for others or their property. I'd also love to see him try and back out or call his lawyer.

I'd love nothing more than shining a bit of light on the two of them. Or maybe the 'lending' out of things that aren't theirs, breaking legal agreements or any of the other proofs I could bring against them.
 
WCE_phil said:
Both pav and his wife are filth who have no respect for others or their property. I'd also love to see him try and back out or call his lawyer.

I'd love nothing more than shining a bit of light on the two of them. Or maybe the 'lending' out of things that aren't theirs, breaking legal agreements or any of the other proofs I could bring against them.
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What did Bonnie and Clyde do?
 
WCE_phil said:
Both pav and his wife are filth who have no respect for others or their property. I'd also love to see him try and back out or call his lawyer.

I'd love nothing more than shining a bit of light on the two of them. Or maybe the 'lending' out of things that aren't theirs, breaking legal agreements or any of the other proofs I could bring against them.
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Isn't calling us flattrack bullies just saying Freo are shit?
 
Dark Sharks said:
I hope the fallout from all this is that we give the media some seriously cold shoulder treatment.

WA media in particular.
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I think Goss has realized that the hysteria might have put a bit of sour taste in the WCE mouth. It will definitely hurt their access in some way in the future.
 

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avishka5 said:
screenshot please? he blocked me.
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Just imagine that about 20,000 times.
 
Amazing response from Mark Brayshaw.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-c...ises-with-west-coast-midfielder-ng-b88921337z

“We hope (Andrew Gaff) can get through it, there has been nowhere to hide. I hope he can move forward quickly. My third son Hamish is going to put the two of them together quickly, I hope so they can shake hands and move on,” Mr Brayshaw said.

“None of us have any interest whatsoever in anything other than what happened tonight. It is a rotten bit of luck — and personally I am absolutely convinced he meant to give him a good whack in the chest.”

“Once we established his jaw wasn’t too bad, our interest swung to the broader issue which was the reaction in Perth and the Gaff family, and Andrew in particular – if I could I would shake his hand … a double handshake to wish him well, and hope he can find his feet and move on.”

He also made similar comments to Mark Robinson before the tribunal.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/r...n/news-story/15632b0913ad12214707eeb35fb7de14

Robinson then broke the news that Brayshaw’s father, Mark, has pleaded for the football community to forgive Gaff.

“I interviewed Mark Brayshaw before the tribunal tonight and he’s revealed that Angus and Andrew Gaff are going to be meeting this week to have a talk,” Robinson said.

“What Mark has done as a father is call for the football community to forgive Gaff and cease the condemnation of this young man.

“He’s made a mistake and he doesn’t want this young man to have to wear it for the rest of his footy career and the rest of his football life.”
 
chunkylover said:
There was a 4 week period where there was fights every week at an AFL game. 3 times in Melbourne and 1 in Adelaide. This isn't including the geelong vs Melbourne fight. And we're the worst crowd? STFU you husky voiced moron
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Time to make Optus an intimidating and unwelcoming place for not only visiting teams!
 
Ralph's a moron... as if we didn't know... praising Gleeson FFS

Jeff's hammer blow
Jon Ralph

JEFF Gleeson is the AFL's smiling assassin.

The AFL's legal counsel with a sweep of grey hair has a genial persona removed from the attack dogs of those American TV shows.

At last night's tribunal hearing he sat waiting for 100 minutes as Andrew Gaff's QC David Grace painted the Eagles star as the choirboy he might well have once been.

Gaff certainly paints the picture of a shy and innocent figure for a man portrayed this week as a monster.

At one stage in last night's tribunal his voice actually broke like a nervous schoolboy rapped over the knuckles for stealing a bag of lollies.

As character references flowed and Grace methodically built his case, the picture emerged of a moment of madness almost easy to forgive.

Gleeson calmly allowed Grace to build a contention that Gaff was a model citizen harried into contact by a pesky tagger obstructing his path.

Then Gleeson dropped the hammer with a recommendation just as dramatic as Gaff's own strike on Andrew Brayshaw.

Gaff's suspension must be eight to 12 weeks for a hit that was "unrestrained in its execution, ferocious in its impact and grave in its consequence. It was a full-blooded punch".

It was the tribunal's dropped mike moment, a jarring reminder that the eventual eight weeks of punishment was appropriate despite his deep remorse.

Andrew Gaff isn't a thug footballer, but neither was he the clumsiest fighter in Australia, with a punch to the chest so misplaced it ended up as a roundhouse haymaker.

A player who had for 270 junior and senior games been a model citizen did something deeply flawed that required his season to be ended.

What is still inexplicable is why he reacted so savagely.

As he conceded himself, he has been tagged for every single minute of so many games.

Last night he sat next to lawyer Grace and just metres in front of father Paul Gaff, barely moving for most of the 150-minute hearing.

The hearing heard 10 character references full of gushing praise, an extraordinary sporting resume full of highlights and sportsmanship.

And it heard deep contrition from Gaff, who described his emotions as he sat on the bench mid-game.

"I am shattered, I am in tears, I feel sick about how Andrew is feeling and I am so sorry for what has happened to Andrew. I was heartbroken and I was rattled, I said to (Adam Simpson), mate I am rattled." Yet again Gleeson disarmed that testimony with his own, wondering why a swinging arm at Brayshaw's chest was so misplaced.

Eight weeks feels about right, enough to send a message to every footballer and still take into account his record and contrition.

The level of forgiveness from the Brayshaw family is remarkable and will be a key part in allowing the football community to move on.

Neville Bruns spoke yesterday of his dramatic felling by Leigh Matthews, a festering sore that still causes pain to this day. How do we move forward? It is time for the AFL's senior footballers to show leadership over the cheap punches that lead up to this kind of incident?

The AFL plans to get players involved in its new Spirit of the Game agreement.

Instead of being dragged kicking and screaming, they should be desperate to lead the charge. Desperate to be the ones who set a community standard about any kind of punches rather than Michael Christian fining them like naughty kids. AFL players need to be the ones learning from this - the second dramatic incident in a year after Tom Bugg's six-week ban.

jon.ralph@news.com.au
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HoneyBadger35 said:
The layman does not care about the airport shot. Hardcore Eagles fans don’t care about the airport shot. Neutral AFL fans don’t care about the airport shot. Furious Dockers fans don’t care about the airport shot. Check the above Jon Ralph tweet responses for a general sample of how people feel about the airport shot.

The media care about the airport shot because everyone else is getting it - we go too or we fall behind. It’s done because it’s been done because it’s been done.
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I said it after the blowup with the cameramen filming Naitanui and I'll repeat it now

The media don't care about the airport shot but they do it in the hope their presence provokes a reaction like they got from staples. That footage is gold and that's what they're chasing

Gaff being taken away with a police escort in itself is a better story than him having to make his way through a pack of hyenas because they get to claim some sort of moral high ground- outrage at "rockstar" Gaff being whisked away is far better than a broken man trying to wade through an unsightly media scrum.

And it's funny that the only people I've seen outraged at Gaff being taken away out of sight are journos

They're scum - especially the likes of maclure, Barrett, Hutchinson, fathead Thompson etc who are a net negative to the game. If they were fired into the sun from basils nose not a single tear would be shed
 
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