MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@PeterClapp @ianprior I daresay far more coverage will continue to be devoted to this than to teams actually playing good football, yes.

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake Yes. It's called 'news'

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior I'll put the apparently slightly patronising tone down to the constraints of 140 characters :-)

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake Come on: you've been a journalist for 23 years and you don't think this is a bigger story than Spurs winning 5-0?

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior The words "far more" indicated my point was about the comparative amount of space and time devoted.

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake We're talking about possibly the most toxic affair in the history of English football. It deserves every inch it gets and more

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior "possibly the most toxic affair in the history of English football". Hyperbole warning?

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake So what beats it then? Take your time

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior How are you defining "toxic"? Hillsboro and aftermath pretty "toxic". Various Revie and Leeds issues. The 64 betting scandal.

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake Trumps Revie and betting easily for its wider implications. Toxic as in an all-time nadir for relations between two clubs

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior No denying the story isn't big. But perspective needed. And "news" is things happening, not just what people think about events.

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake Think a few things have happened today, don't you?

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior Yes. Suarez has apologised. Man U have issued a calming statement. Some people don't believe the a pol. And the press keep stoking

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake It's utterly simplistic and mistaken to say this is a media-driven story. It needed very little help from us

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior That's why I didn't say it was a media-driven story. But the media is helping stoke it. As are we in this thread.

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake Every escalation that has fuelled this story has come from Liverpool or the FA investigation

February 12, 2012 #

MartinCloake Martin Cloake
@ianprior … playing of the game itself. There's a lot, possibly too much, journalism around the noise surrounding the game and…

February 12, 2012 #

ianprior ian prior
@MartinCloake That smacks of ignoring football's wider societal impact in favour of chalkboards. The opposite of what journalism should be

February 12, 2012 #