The point is not whether the article is crap. The point is whether it'll do any good to tell the guy that it's crap. It's an ambitious ploy from Tom to get the guy onside, and it may not work, but abusing him will absolutely guarantee that he won't write anything good about us, will tell all his journalistic mates what arseholes we are, and it won't do us any favours at all.
If we're nice to the guy, then probably nothing will happen but we MIGHT get good coverage. If we're rude to the guy, then probably nothing will happen but we might get appalling coverage. Seems an easy choice. Nice try, Tom. B Max Keogh wrote: > Tom, > > I'm with Ed on this one. > The article really is pants. > > How can you say "and then expect him to do the sport a favour by taking > Ultimate seriously" when he obviously has no intention of taking the > sport seriously. If he had any intention of taking Ultimate seriously he > wouldn't have turned out this tosh. In the past, when journalists have > taken time to get to know the sport, the people involved and their > adherance to the spirit, some have turned out half-decent articles > portraying the sport for what it is. Fantastic. However, more often than > not they turn out this cheap rubbish in the hope that mocking those that > dare to be unconventional will in some way propel them from rubbish hack > to journalist of the year. > > My tuppence > > Max > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tom Styles > Sent: 15 May 2008 14:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BD] Game of Ultimate Perhaps > > Oh Great Work Ed, > You tell him his journalism is unfunny rubbish, he's snide, lazy and > not worthy to work for the Guardian, and then expect him to do the > sport a favour by taking Ultimate seriously. Get real, or better still > just shut up. > > The piece was light hearted, intended for a different audience, and > probably had little to do with his actual opinions. If you'd stopped > to consider that before calling him a [EMAIL PROTECTED] then he might be more > inclined to write something more positive about Ultimate next time. > > Now he probably thinks ultimate players are ignorant sh1ts. > > Tom > > > 2008/5/15 One of The Lurkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> What a rubbish bit of journalism, mostly consisting of snide >> potshots. Probably took about 10 minutes and not particularly funny. >> > Would > >> really expect better from the Guardian. Why not get someone interested >> > in > >> outdoor activities to do a proper piece including some actual >> > research? > >> >> Ed >> >> --- On Wed, 14/5/08, Tom Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> From: Tom Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [BD] Game of Ultimate Perhaps >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, 14 May, 2008, 11:16 PM >> >> Barney, >> >> Thanks for the mention of Ultimate in the Guardian recently. >> >> > http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/wellbeing/story/0,,2279386,00.html#a > rticle_continue, > >> Not the most flattering thing ever said about the sport, but we'll >> take any coverage we can get. There's no such thing as bad publicity >> as they say. >> >> Anyway Ultimate is growing pretty well in the UK right now and our >> national teams (we are sending 5 of them to the world championships in >> Vancouver in August) are some of the best in Europe. Great Britain won >> 5 golds and 2 silvers at last year's European Championships. With the >> potential to have some world class performances to report over the >> summer from Great British teams it might be worth your while finding a >> bit more out about the sport. >> >> There is a tournament in Brighton on the 7th and 8th of June, and if >> your interested then you'd be very welcome to come down to the >> tournament, watch a bit of high level action and meet some of the >> players from the national teams. The tournament is a mixed tournament >> (3-4 gender split for every point) and will be attended by teams from >> across the UK. >> >> I understand that another rather larger tournament is kicking off that >> weekend so if you've been roped into covering the German journey to >> inevitable victory then please pass this invite on to any of your >> colleagues not of a footballing bent. >> >> Thanks for your time >> >> Tom Styles >> Ultimate player and podcaster (blockstack.tv >> ) >> >> __________________________________________________ >> BritDisc mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc >> Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed >> >> ________________________________ >> Sent from Yahoo! Mail. >> A Smarter Email. >> > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed > > > __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
