News Media Thread, 2024: Insightful, Inciteful and Incomptent

[mad_eagle]

Duff made a good point on his show this morning re: today's front page of The West.

He said something like the paper has lost sight of its role as a record for significant moments in time. Historians use paper front pages to document and record significant events.

Imagine if someone in 100 years' time wanted to see what the front page read at the event of Simmo's sacking? It is unusable.

Shows what a piece of crap the paper is.

The West as a whole started to lean more towards gross tabloid nonsense around the time De Ceglie came on as editor in chief. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the muck racking tabloid filth started to creep into the football/sports section right around the time that Duff departed.

Loving this continued backlash, maybe it will be enough to be the end of old mate sports editor…

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Nothing is ever simple.

 

[InTheWings]

I wish I was rich. I'd buy out The West and start a few sackings of my own. Might get Simmo in as HR manager.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Nothing is ever simple.
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If you put money over your player and coaches welfare, then you got problems at your club

Media attacks clearly impacted Simmo mentally so we should probably stand up for him when we need to

 

[Grave Danger]

"Woodcock! Is that you, Woodcock?"

 

[bzparkes]

I wish I was rich. I'd buy out The West and start a few sackings of my own. Might get Simmo in as HR manager.

I'd just buy it and immediately shut it down tbh.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

If you put money over your player and coaches welfare, then you got problems at your club

Media attacks clearly impacted Simmo mentally so we should probably stand up for him when we need to

Still not simple. Ripping up a big contract is never simple, take it from me.

For example, that’s precisely the reason we had the Farewell Simpson press conference yesterday and not 12 months ago.

 

[InTheWings]

According to Morris, Gov driving back to possibly be here by Sunday for Simmo's last game...

 

[woosha24]

According to Morris, Gov driving back to be here by Sunday for Simmo's last game...

Soooo.....Gov's a bit iffy for Sunday then? /s

 

[bzparkes]

According to Morris, Gov driving back to be here by Sunday for Simmo's last game...

Players must really hate him...

 

[ziad]

Soooo.....Gov's a bit iffy for Sunday then? /s

Likely sub?

 

[wce4premiership]

Players must really hate him...

He's driving back to not go to the game to send a message!

Pretty convoluted messaging from the old Govster.

 

[squashface]

Gov is driving home because he HATES Simmo. Reeks of Reid wanting to request a trade back to Victoria I reckon.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Driving home because he’s super keen to start the post-Simmo era, obviously.

 

[Bender_]

Gov is driving home because he HATES Simmo. Reeks of Reid wanting to request a trade back to Victoria I reckon.

"You'll be driving across the state"?

 

[Goroyals22]

I’ll just leave this here…. Woodcock speaks out


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[DanWCE]

 

[UseR2006]

I’ll just leave this here…. Woodcock speaks out


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Just disgusting. Completely abdicates any responsibility and no comments the front and back page.

 

[larrikin]

I’ll just leave this here…. Woodcock speaks out


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Just disgusting. Completely abdicates any responsibility and no comments the front and back page.

Woodcock was fine in that - and he's correct - it's the editors I have issue with, not the journos.

 

[Cuzz09]

Govs just getting ready for 2025 gather round when they send us to Olympic Dam to play

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[Convocation]

 

[Ace McKane]

Just sat down for a coffee and saw the front page of The West on a table across. Unbelievable. Absolute gutter journalism. In a day where mental health is supposed to be above all, it’s disgusting. Zero accountability though.

Sickening.

 

[Mulldogg]

 

[Ochre]

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That's disrespectful to Tiktok but other than that he's spot on

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Can only say it so many times and we’ll never fully win the fight.

Don’t click. Don’t reply to say they’re campaigners. Don’t quote tweet it to say how ****ed it is.

Let them die alone in a vacuum. They trade on your outrage, they don’t sell enough papers to trade on anything else. Starve them.