The biggest charade in Australian sporting history

[FredLeDeux]

Got me stuffed how some people think there is much difference between the standard of journalism between the Fairfax or Murdoch camps, both have their own agenda's to push,
one is just a lot more popular with the people because it sells more.............. guess which one?

Aren't you supposed to say when you've changed a quote?
But anyway, I hold no particular brief for either company.
The point I was making was that on many occasions Bourbon Bec doesn't even pretend to be a journo, she just acts as a political whore for the Murdoch election campaigns. As in the anti-Labour and utterly fact-free diatribe in the OP.

 

[griminisivic]

Aren't you supposed to say when you've changed a quote?
But anyway, I hold no particular brief for either company.
The point I was making was that on many occasions Bourbon Bec doesn't even pretend to be a journo, she just acts as a political whore for the Murdoch election campaigns. As in the anti-Labour and utterly fact-free diatribe in the OP.

I did highlight the word I added, this is not enough?

But anyway, you obviously don't hold John Hartigans missus in very high regard, either personally or for her journalistic integrity, thats fine, as I pointed out in the OP, neither do I most the time. But if you read the article again and realise it IS nothing more than an opinion piece (compared to todays front page effort from Caro that is dribble masquerading as a Walkley award winner contender) - she has portrayed what happened in the press conference as a lot of people are now seeing it- a stunt.

How do you see it?

 

[FredLeDeux]

I did highlight the word I added, this is not enough?

But anyway, you obviously don't hold John Hartigans missus in very high regard, either personally or for her journalistic integrity, thats fine, as I pointed out in the OP, neither do I most the time. But if you read the article again and realise it IS nothing more than an opinion piece (compared to todays front page effort from Caro that is dribble masquerading as a Walkley award winner contender) - she has portrayed what happened in the press conference as a lot of people are now seeing it- a stunt.

How do you see it?

Yes, only effing about re the quote.
Wilson's Age piece was crap.
The fault with the OP article is that it's not an opinion piece, it is simply an anti-Labour election broadside, but it is deliberately misleading in posing as a substantive article when it actually contains, as I said earlier, a series of lies, half-truths, unsubstantiated rumours, unsourced quotes, ludicrous self-contradictions and gratuitous anti-Labour political attacks, displaying complete and wilful ignorance about almost every single aspect of the subject matter.
The presser was undoubtedly orchestrated by the Government/Ministers as a political stunt, no doubt in order to help the party's case in NSW by distraction.
But the presser would have had to happen some time, even on a lesser scale.
And anybody who thinks that the current revelations about the AFL are unimportant because they aren't as bad as we thought might be; or that the massive NRL revelations won't affect the AFL/Cricket; or that nothing more is going to come out of it (only 1 user in 1000 current/recent players, c'mon!); has simply got their head stuck up their in the sand.

 

[griminisivic]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...rt-investigation/story-e6frexnr-1226575755115

This is what John Fahey, the head of WADA, had to say about the press conference and report

Asked if this is how he would have handled last week's announcement, Fahey said: "I like to think you would give the benefit of the doubt until you have got concrete evidence which you can rely on.
"Whatever is behind it all, we need to know. But to be told it in general terms, and have to wait significant time to see how big the problem is, is something I am simply puzzled by.
"I do not understand the motive behind that or the strategy. What I am saying is that there may be a good reason but I can't find it at this stage."

 

[Ron The Bear]

I don't understand why Essendon's management was supposedly given information by the ACC while they themselves are under suspicion, but the other club can't be notified about their player. Far too many things are not adding up.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I don't understand why Essendon's management was supposedly given information by the ACC while they themselves are under suspicion, but the other club can't be notified about their player. Far too many things are not adding up.

The ACC haven't given Essendon any info.

This story says they didn't get the info from the ACC
http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/...andrew-demetriou/story-e6frfkp9-1226572817448

Roy Masters reckons the AFL tipped them off.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/...rs-off-about-drug-scandal-20130211-2e8y9.html

 

[Ron The Bear]

This story says they didn't get the info from the ACC
http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/...andrew-demetriou/story-e6frfkp9-1226572817448

I see. The media had the details before either Essendon or the AFL. Uh huh. OK...

 

[FredLeDeux]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...rt-investigation/story-e6frexnr-1226575755115

This is what John Fahey, the head of WADA, had to say about the press conference and report

Asked if this is how he would have handled last week's announcement, Fahey said: "I like to think you would give the benefit of the doubt until you have got concrete evidence which you can rely on.
"Whatever is behind it all, we need to know. But to be told it in general terms, and have to wait significant time to see how big the problem is, is something I am simply puzzled by.
"I do not understand the motive behind that or the strategy. What I am saying is that there may be a good reason but I can't find it at this stage."

This would be John Fahey the Liberal Party pollie? Good to see Murdoch and the rezst of the Party singing from the same songbook. Pity he felt he had to undermine his associates at ASADA just for local politics.

 

[griminisivic]

This would be John Fahey the Liberal Party pollie? Good to see Murdoch and the rezst of the Party singing from the same songbook. Pity he felt he had to undermine his associates at ASADA just for local politics.

As written, John Fahey is the head of the World Anti-Doping Authority- not ASADA, do you think he would use his highly paid and prestigious position to try and sore a few political points locally? I'm not to sure he would.......l.

 

[FredLeDeux]

As written, John Fahey is the head of the World Anti-Doping Authority- not ASADA, do you think he would use his highly paid and prestigious position to try and sore a few political points locally? I'm not to sure he would.......l.

Well, that's begging the question isn't it, because he just did.

 

[bunsen burner]

Roy Masters reckons the AFL tipped them off.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/...rs-off-about-drug-scandal-20130211-2e8y9.html

Haha, Roy Masters. No doubt he's correct that the AFL tipped off the Bombers but then he starts with "the AFL have dug a big trench between themselves and the NRL, waaa waa waa" and ends with "the NRL are better than the AFL because of this, this, this, and this".

Pathetic man that Royston Masters.

 

[griminisivic]

Well, that's begging the question isn't it, because he just did.

Because he tried to score political points or was just asking ASADA and a couple of government ministers 'what were you thinking and what were you hoping to achieve'?

I reckon the latter.

 

[David the Cat]

The timing of the Pope's resignation is fishy I reckon.

Popetides in the Vatican?

 

[bunsen burner]

The timing of the Pope's resignation is fishy I reckon.

Popetides in the Vatican?

Pedotides.

 

[Gigantor]

Are you suggesting that the good people of the Australian Crime Commission commenced this investigation, not because of the significant increase of Peptides being imported into Australia over the past 2-3 years, but for the sole purpose of getting political mileage (that doesn't benefit them one way of the other, they are public servants, if the the government changes they don't replace every employee within the public service)?

I am saying that the ACC's mickey mouse findings have been turned into something much much bigger by their political masters. The ACC should have had the guts to stick up to them, but clearly they caved in.

 

[TIGER CONVERT]

In an Opinion piece in The Australian today, Tim Priest , gives history of " Government Agencies "
He seems to agree with Rebecca.

Check this : http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...o-drugs-in-sport/story-e6frgd0x-1226576514737

 

[Ron The Bear]

Slowly, belatedly, some detail apparently coming after all.

States to get details of ACC report