Why do they do that......?

Margaret Pilkington · 14-09-2005, 12:53

Why do they do that.......the media I mean......? The other day Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff was the best thing since sliced bread......now all the media can do is slate him for getting drunk after winning the Ashes back for us. It seems to me that the Press build celebrities and sportsmen up and then take great pleasure in taking a pop at them.

Surely the guy is allowed to celebrate a well won victory.......he did give up the booze for the length of the competition.......and if the Ashes ahd been held in Oz he would have been able to celebrate and then sleep off the excesses on the flight back home.

What do you think......?

accymel · 14-09-2005, 13:03

Thats the curse of the uk media unfortunately, a normal person can do anything but celebrities cant is the case & to the media thats money but argue the case they chose that career as they say to Ms Beckham. I think its great that they celebrated like the rest of us did but its only them that get the book for it, shame cos sports stars do train & it should be celebrated when england do well & winning the ashes is the dream for cricketers & fans alike.

grannyclaret · 14-09-2005, 13:11

if everybody that had ,had a skinful,behaved as those lads did there would be no nead to complain,they were ful of high spirits and caused no trouble at all...... i wish i had been to their party......

bet there was one or two headaches this morning though

dazzalam · 14-09-2005, 13:12

What I cant understand is who are the media supposed to be representing in their opinions, because as far as i am aware I think the majority of people that I have met through my life would do excatly the same in their position, when you overcome the odds in youir chosen sport/hobby and especially when representing this great country of ours show me the man or woman that wouldn`t have got newted.

Its about time we voted with our pockets and stopped buying the rags that type tripe ( possibly what I am doing now, but you didnt have to pay to read this), put them out of buissness until they stop trying to form how we think

garinda · 14-09-2005, 13:34

It's a national obsession, building up people and then knocking them of their pedestal that they may never have asked to be placed on anyway.

Charlotte Church, a talented girl, who does no more than thousands of nineteen year old girls do, gets slated for enjoying herself. Good luck to her.

Although it's the press that does this, we mustn't forget who ultimately fuels the fire, the people that buy the papers.

lettie · 14-09-2005, 14:05

I can honestly say that I haven't bought a national newspaper for about 10 years, purely because they contain so little news, but lots of celebrity gossip which doesn't interest me in the slightest.
There are other ways of keeping up with world events, TV, Teletext, Radio and Internet. In my opinion newspapers are only good for wrapping chips in.

Margaret Pilkington · 14-09-2005, 14:11

Well, I do like my morning paper.......I like to read the letters and do the word quizzes and I do like it when the press support our sportsmen.......but to support them one day and knock them down the next does seem to be a bit strange. Oh, and the paper I read is not one of the 'Red top' ones.

WillowTheWhisp · 14-09-2005, 14:26

Finding fault with others seems to be a British pastime, and if someone is in the public eye they get the wort of it.

The newspaper I buy has lots of news in it and lots of interesting articles. Like Margaret I enjoy reading the letters too. In fact that's the first page I usually turn to. I don't actually read the "celebrity gossip" bits or the "soap opera news" if there is any and which isn't even news for goodness sakes, it isn't real and I have to say that I find most other tabloid type newspapers have more of the latter. I'm not saying there isn't some of it in the newspaper I buy but if I buy it to read other things how does the paper know what sells and what doesn't? Stopping buying the paper altogether wouldn't solve the problem and besides I'd miss my sudoku.

I think I'm waffling.

I suppose writing to the paper to tell them we really don't find all that nonsense to be newsworthy and don't appreciate them when they criticise at every given opportunity might help.

garinda · 14-09-2005, 14:32

The news Barons look at what is the most profitable and best selling paper and feed us more of the same.

Britains best selling 'newspaper' by far, The Sun. I rest my case. There's more news in Viz.

WillowTheWhisp · 14-09-2005, 14:35

Ah well there you go cos I never read the Sun and if my paper got like that I wouldn't be buying it.

garinda · 14-09-2005, 14:41

Hee hee, I suspect you read the same paper as my Mum, and Marg P.

There is a lot to read in it, but you must admit it's influenced by the red tops and does have it's fair share of celebrity drivel.

Margaret Pilkington · 14-09-2005, 14:59

Yes, you are right Garinda......but like Willow, I rarely read the celebrity gossip.......but the slating of Andrew Flintoff is a whole page so it is very difficult to give it a miss.
I wouldn't use the Sun to wipe my bum......I'd be afraid of it making my bot dirtier......!

Ber999T · 14-09-2005, 15:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettie

In my opinion newspapers are only good for wrapping chips in.

but the paper has to be a fresh and crisp as possible so that it has a good chance to soak up the vingar and keep ur chips warm till home lol

yes its a shame that when our sports/pop peeps do well and go slghtly OOT the papers are there to bury them

agree with granny no news just gossip

just like lettie not bought national paper for years, get the accy obs sometimes

errrrrrrrr cant just recall what grinndy warbbled on about now he got me doing it lol

soz grinndy not you at all but willow opppppppppssssssssssss keeping me head down now

Margaret Pilkington · 14-09-2005, 15:01

In fact, though I am not a great fan of cricket......I feel aggrieved for Andrew Flintoff.......don't they realise that he sponsored by Thwaites....he was only taking advantage of some of their wares.

Ber999T · 14-09-2005, 15:05

Margeret not too sure if Thwaties have any outlets in London and I bet it was not beer that the lads had but plenty of CHAMPERS reports state that they spent £25k that night!!!!! so wot let them have a good blow out for doing something that the peeps that type the dribble cant do play a very good game of cricket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!