Journalism 101

When researching details on current issues, best to check with the horse’s mouth before publishing. This is called fact checking.
Further comment on today’s “news” can be found here.

Footy’s (Dud) Fourth Estate

Since North Melbourne’s on-field season has pretty much gone, along with Boris the chicken and Dean Laidley, the media’s patronising and dismissive coverage of our proud club has petered out to next to nothing. If North weren’t in the hunt for Nathan Buckley as coach, biased match reviews would be the only time the media [...]

Caroline Wilson Rebut VIII

Caroline Wilson’s criticism of James Brayshaw and North Melbourne is based entirely on one invalid premise: that North Melbourne’s business model is unsustainable.

Fact: NMFC made a $1m plus profit last year (albeit with $1.2m of Gold Coast money)
Fact: Despite playing 11 home games in Melbourne and paying off the Docklands Stadium debt, NMFC are still [...]

Arocca’s Stadium Tiers

Apart from the 18-point loss to Brisbane, North lost some public face at Docklands yesterday. In a bid to save money, the third tier was closed off to the public. It turned into a bit of a fiasco after North had the unusual problem of too many fans turning up, with late arrivals finding themselves [...]

The PR Honeymoon Is Over

The PR dream that the Brayshaw-Arocca administration have enjoyed for nearly 18 months is well and truly over. In the last few days the list of negative commentary reads like a who’s-who of the footy media: Iron Mike Sheahan, Caroline Wilson, Footy Classified, Sportal … the list goes on. But the prize for the most [...]

The Chicken Aftermath

The Age continues to push its damning agenda on the Boris video, this time with Caroline Wilson taking the wheel. I have already made my views on the issue clear (here and here).
While I see Wilson’s general point, her indignation is typically over the top. And I couldn’t let her write this shit below without [...]

The Caro Conspiracy Theory

I recently vented my anger at peeps getting stuck into Caroline Wilson (particularly when they get personal). While it was directed at all her abusive critics, I did cite a particular thread on the BigFooty forums as an example. This prompted a backlash of comments from unsympathetic NMFC supporters! It seems I inadvertently stumbled across [...]

What’s With All The Caro Bashing?

So Fairfax’s football editor, Caroline Wilson, has written another couple of articles about North. And it took the NMFC peeps on the BigFooty forums all of 5 minutes (literally) to start sticking the boots in.
It’s not something new. Caro has been copping it from all directions throughout her now substantial career reporting on the AFL. Frankly, [...]