Willow Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I've been wondering, how is this phrase allowed to justisfy so many dodgy quotes you see in so many football headlines/articles/etc.. Surely you could make anything up and just put 'A club insider said today' or 'A source close to the individual' before it and that makes it ok to print. Isn't there some kind of stricter law that governs quotes and their usage? Obviously there will be but it seems writing so-called 'articles', usually on football transfers, means you can bend them however you like. For example, this is taken from this Guardian article today: http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2240343,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=5 A Newcastle source last night denied that Redknapp had ever been offered the post. "Harry Redknapp was never the only name in the frame," he said. "There is a presumption that he was first choice but there is a difference between a job interview and a job offer. We've spoken to more than one person and will be speaking to more people this week." The source added the club were "not narrowing it down to people from these shores". Cheers if you can clear it up for me as I've never been sure about how it works.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 no-one knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 i think you're attributing too much thought to the 'process', they basically just say what they want and worry about the damage/ethics later Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I don't see what's wrong with it technically. It's just the device of cretins and shitehawks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 In the past at NUFC the "Source" (or club insider as the Chronicle usually referred to him as) was FFS Mates the car dealer from Whitley Bay pretty much telling the press what FFS wanted them to know. These days who knows? FFS still has some insider knowledge surprisingly as Skunkers usually accurate source heard from his son about TCA getting the boot before the press did (at approx 3.30 on wednesday). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustynrg Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 A "source close to" could be the person himself, but obviously he doesn't want to be identified. A source close to FS was usually himself (I always assumed). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 A lot of them use the word the source for kudos but the reality is they get briefed off head of communications Gary Oliver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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