Daily Dose 05.04

June 4th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

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Some stories for you to read while some of us freeze our asses off in not so balmy Berlin….

Get to know Miss T&T up close and personal (Trinidad & Tobago Blog)
Once every four years American journalists reveal their ignorance (LA Times)
Paraguay accused of selling its tickets to touts. Bet they aren’t the only ones (Guardian)
A Thai referee somehow makes it to the World Cup and gets a per diem of $350 (People’s Daily)
If only England were as good at penalty kicks as they are at dodging the tax man (Observer)
A broken promise will apparently prevent Argentina from lifting the trophy (News & Observer)

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zé

That LA Times article makes me wish some had invented a device to punch people in the face through the internet.
Ninj

I almost think the LA times article was being ironic. Otherwise, that’s surely the worst bit of writing from a professional journo I’ve ever had the misfortune to read (amd I’ve read a LOT of Bob’s stuff).
claudinho

This is exactly the type of reaction this journalist hopes for, week in and out. He’s an idiot and not many people in LA like him, he’s over the top controversial and big time ignorant. I guess you can take solace in the fact that not many people read his garbage.
kia

Ninj, That is exactly what I thought that this must be: a joke!
Wee Jock PooPong McPlop

I’m glad some sensible Americans have posted on here denouncing the idiot from the La La Times.
The World Cup is a fantastic event and not just for the football (soccer).
Can anyone tell me which televised event has more than 1 in 5 people watching it globally?
Miguelinho

Hey guys, that’s just Simers’ style. The article is meant to be ironic – it’s a joke meant to chide the world about its fascination with the sport. Simers’ primary jobs are basketball (LA Clippers) and baseball (Dodgers, Angels, i think). As you can guess, he’s built up an inferiority complex over the years. When he encounters a historically strong team (Lakers) or sport (football), he will say anything to push back.

At the same time, he’s not so crazy to take his words seriously. This is just the way he writes. It’s meant to entertain – kind of like taking pot shots at Roosevelt by saying that yes, he helped win WW II, but no, he wouldn’t win a marathon. Don’t get too mad at this article.
Stuart

That bit about announcers needing to yell GOOOOOAAAAALLLL so loud so it can be hard over lawnmowers is a very cowardly dig at the Hispanic landscape workers of So. Cal. There’s a word for that, and it’s racist. Letting things like that slide because “that’s just what he does” isn’t acceptable, and a major metropolitan newspaper should have better editorial value than that. Really shameful.
pf

Despite the opinions that this article might be a joke, it’s sad that the dates are off — if it was aimed to be a joke I have some bad news, April 1st was, oh I say, few weeks ago…

The sarcasm and out-of-place irony makes me get up and give a standing ovation for showing us just one more reason how views of media can be fed to the ignorant readers (which obviously worldcupblog does not have! ;) Truly a hysterical article, but the joke is on them – HA!

…now back to my chair I go to watch the bow(el)flex or new diet pill infomercial (that I am sure 1 of 5 us has already seen) as I wait for Jul 9th whistle…