Sunday, April 03, 2016

Journalists held to account — finally

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Revelations from Neil Balme late in the week that football “journalist” Mark Robinson had manufactured his story about Barcode players testing positive for illicit drugs in off-season didn't surprise AussieRulesBlog. But it’s good to see a move toward holding journalists to account for their stories.

Following Balme's statement, it emerged that the Barcodes’ playing group had decided to “ban” Robinson. On SEN radio’s Crunch Time preview show on Saturday morning, Robinson was required to not participate when the rest of the SEN panel interviewed Taylor Adams.

The evening before, again on SEN’s Crunch Time, Saints coach Alan Richardson emphatically denied a media report that recruit Jake Carlisle’s hip injury was much worse that the Saints had understood when recruiting him.

What has emerged from these two instances is that some “journalists” are deciding the stories they will write and then looking for ways to support their position. And it's about time this sort of grubby behaviour was exposed.
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Journalists held to account — finally

Revelations from Neil Balme late in the week that football “journalist” Mark Robinson had manufactured his story about Barcode players testing positive for illicit drugs in off-season didn't surprise AussieRulesBlog. But it’s good to see a move toward holding journalists to account for their stories.

Following Balme's statement, it emerged that the Barcodes’ playing group had decided to “ban” Robinson. On SEN radio’s Crunch Time preview show on Saturday morning, Robinson was required to not participate when the rest of the SEN panel interviewed Taylor Adams.

The evening before, again on SEN’s Crunch Time, Saints coach Alan Richardson emphatically denied a media report that recruit Jake Carlisle’s hip injury was much worse that the Saints had understood when recruiting him.

What has emerged from these two instances is that some “journalists” are deciding the stories they will write and then looking for ways to support their position. And it's about time this sort of grubby behaviour was exposed.