Pretty pathetic from Turner. Bobby Bridge appears to be your classic client journalist, sad more than anything.
I’m inclined to agree that rather there being some grand company-wide conspiracy to bury the story, the CET simply doesn’t think its readers care enough about Wasps to bother trying to understand a relatively complicated story like this one. Will come back to bite them if this does turn out to be the beginning of the end, of course.
Pretty pathetic from Turner. Bobby Bridge appears to be your classic client journalist, sad more than anything.
I’m inclined to agree that rather there being some grand company-wide conspiracy to bury the story, the CET simply doesn’t think its readers care enough about Wasps to bother trying to understand a relatively complicated story like this one. Will come back to bite them if this does turn out to be the beginning of the end, of course.
Pretty pathetic from Turner. Bobby Bridge appears to be your classic client journalist, sad more than anything.
I’m inclined to agree that rather there being some grand company-wide conspiracy to bury the story, the CET simply doesn’t think its readers care enough about Wasps to bother trying to understand a relatively complicated story like this one. Will come back to bite them if this does turn out to be the beginning of the end, of course.
Pretty pathetic from Turner. Bobby Bridge appears to be your classic client journalist, sad more than anything.
I’m inclined to agree that rather there being some grand company-wide conspiracy to bury the story, the CET simply doesn’t think its readers care enough about Wasps to bother trying to understand a relatively complicated story like this one. Will come back to bite them if this does turn out to be the beginning of the end, of course.
Why don't they run a little story and see if their readers care instead of making the decision for them
Because as I say, they can’t be bothered to try and understand the story themselves, and the lack of interest around Wasps doesn’t offer them enough of an incentive to start. It’s undeniably lazy and will make them look stupid if it snowballs into something bigger. The only journalist covering Wasps full-time is some kid whose entire meagre livelihood apparently depends on getting people to Wasps games.
The CET, like most local newspapers, is a hollowed out shell which mostly has to do clickbait online shit to satisfy the corporate masters, and handout stories (like Wasps giveaways or the bus lane story posted above) to substitute for the actual reporting they can barely afford to do. It’s a sad state of affairs all round.
there’s a story nearly every day about wasps
here is yesterdays
Wade exclusive: 'Wasps are obviously keen to have me back in the mix'
Former Buffalo Bills running back is considering a return to rugby unionwww.coventrytelegraph.net
there’s a story nearly every day about wasps
here is yesterdays
Wade exclusive: 'Wasps are obviously keen to have me back in the mix'
Former Buffalo Bills running back is considering a return to rugby unionwww.coventrytelegraph.net
it cares enough about wasps to have a section on the club - it doesn’t even have a rugby section so Coventry crfc hardly get mentioned and devoted a lot of time to the ccfc departures and strife with the council
also positive news stories
Look: Wasps Rugby officially opens its new training ground
The Gallagher Premiership club welcomed guests along to the grand opening on Wednesday, September 1www.coventrytelegraph.net
Isn’t that pretty much what everyone is saying?It’s tragic - I bet most of the clicks for that story today will come from this forum.
If Bobby Bridge decides to make a big deal out of this bond repayment stuff, he not only has to find a copy of Finance For Dummies and spend a couple of days reading it, he also has to start undermining the solvency of the one company that keeps him in a job. His bosses don’t care because no-one reads his stories anyway, and they can probably do without the angry phone call from Wasps PR later this afternoon. What do you think he’ll decide to do?
It’s tragic - I bet most of the clicks for that story today will come from this forum.
If Bobby Bridge decides to make a big deal out of this bond repayment stuff, he not only has to find a copy of Finance For Dummies and spend a couple of days reading it, he also has to start undermining the solvency of the one company that keeps him in a job. His bosses don’t care because no-one reads his stories anyway, and they can probably do without the angry phone call from Wasps PR later this afternoon. What do you think he’ll decide to do?
Bridge is freelance he doesn’t work for Covtel
Isn’t that pretty much what everyone is saying?
I think he's likely to get more work if he proves he can be an actual journalist rather than reposting press releases.Do you think he’ll get more work or less work with them in future if his primary beat disappears?
Yeah, I’m referring more to the people who claim something explicitly “dodgy” is going on. I think it’s more shoddy and craven than outright corrupt.
Wasps used to be a fairly significant advertiser, don't know if that's still the case.Genuine question, what would Coventry Telegraph have to lose by reporting negatively on Wasps?
Do they get free advertising or something during Wasps matches?
But then it would be fake newsThey could at least have used a photo of him in front of actual spectators
Pretty pathetic from Turner. Bobby Bridge appears to be your classic client journalist, sad more than anything.
I’m inclined to agree that rather there being some grand company-wide conspiracy to bury the story, the CET simply doesn’t think its readers care enough about Wasps to bother trying to understand a relatively complicated story like this one. Will come back to bite them if this does turn out to be the beginning of the end, of course.
It is all very strange.
I assume the accounts will be filed.
It does suggest restructuring and the loan being taken through a different company in the group
I'm not too sure on that. My spider-senses are tingling.
I think you are going to be disappointed
…yet it thinks its readers cared enough when it was printing positive stories.
Doesn't take much to write an article about late accounts does it? They seem fine writing them when it's CCFC or SISU?
As I said earlier - there is only one Wasps reporter and I honestly think it’s beyond his abilities. Even if I’m wrong, it’s not a story he wants to write, nor one his (tiny) audience wants to read.
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