How offensive

[alex]

I mean, I hate lazy journalism and this is another case of it. Through this link we don't see a picture of Momo Sylla, but of Elvis Hammond, you know, the other black player we have..... Poor effort.

http://www.teamtalk.com/teamtalk/News/Story_Page/0,7760,1796_1010163,00.html

 

[DesertFox]

But Alex... they all look the same...

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[Melton Fox]

Chill Guys. Everybody is allowed to make a mistake, yes they are journalists and shouldn't make them but they do. Everybody is entitiled to the "Law of mistake"

Just because they are black doesn't make it Racist attack. Please apply some common sense before you accuse people of this sort of crime

 

[DesertFox]

But it is feckin lame though. Of course, it's obviously not intentional or malicious, but let's be honest, it's far less likely they would have mixed up two white players. I suppose that's just life....

 

[Real Sharapova]

Utter laziness, and I find it a tad offensive, I don't think they would have mixed up two white guys.

 

[Melton Fox]

No, because it is a common fact that the head and facial features of a white person vary greater to those than that of a black person.

Thats not racist, thats biological and medical fact.

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

Maybe it was better when we posting about the manager, rather than whether an error was a racial attack, chill gents it is friday :icon_lol:

 

[Melton Fox]

Utter laziness, and I find it a tad offensive, I don't think they would have mixed up two white guys.

You find it offensive because they mixed up two black people. I am guessing you would have found it funny if they mixed up 2 white guys. Lets say Danny Mils and Lee Carsley, both similair in appearance

Do you not consider that to be mildly pretentious and patronising towards black people?

 

[alex]

No, because it is a common fact that the head and facial features of a white person vary greater to those than that of a black person.

Thats not racist, thats biological and medical fact.

And it is the responsibility of a journalist to check things like this out IMO. Medical fact, whatever, if you're in the business of reporting facts then you need to make sure of them. I have worked as a journalist and would've been horrified if I'd made this error. It's not OK to to do this I don't care what any medical facts suggest. Just take a little more time. Sylla and Hammond look nothing alike if you ask me....

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

And it is the responsibility of a journalist to check things like this out IMO. Medical fact, whatever, if you're in the business of reporting facts then you need to make sure of them. I have worked as a journalist and would've been horrified if I'd made this error. It's not OK to to do this I don't care what any medical facts suggest. Just take a little more time. Sylla and Hammond look nothing alike if you ask me....

It is easy to tell the difference between Hammond and Sylla, one acts like a headless chicken, whilst the other stands on the edge of the touchline with his thumb up his arse and stood like a statue, fecking easy aint it.

 

[highland fox]

Utter laziness, and I find it a tad offensive, I don't think they would have mixed up two white guys.

Neville Foulger would he mistook Cottee for Heskey once

 

[Boy Genius]

It is easy to tell the difference between Hammond and Sylla, one acts like a headless chicken, whilst the other stands on the edge of the touchline with his thumb up his arse and stood like a statue, fecking easy aint it.

Hammonds always offside... and I thought that would have been MDV's thumb

 

[Boy Genius]

Neville Foulger would he mistook Cottee for Heskey once

easy done they were both in blue shirts and Heskey was a long long way away

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

Hammonds always offside... and I thought that would have been MDV's thumb

Nah more likely to be his penis, I would have thought....oooh errrr I meant to add alledgely.

 

[Melton Fox]

Racism, Homophobia what else can we fit into this thread?

:icon_razz

 

[Boy Genius]

Racism, Homophobia what else can we fit into this thread?

:icon_razz

I cannot see the point in women refs.......... sexism

 

[Melton Fox]

I cannot see the point in women refs.......... sexism

Obvious, so that their baps bounce around when they are running

 

[highland fox]

I like sleeping with dead bodies

Steady on BG:icon_conf

 

[highland fox]

Racism, Homophobia what else can we fit into this thread?

:icon_razz

How about the Scots Melton ?:icon_bigg

 

[Melton Fox]

Love 'em mate, I could talk all day about them