Diving? - An art skill, sensible or a disease..The Media Protrayal!

As a writer or a journalist working for the broadsheets or tabloids you have to be impartial.  I know myself it can be hard especially when you are new to writing. Which makes what I seen this morning from the "Daily Fail"  brings it intriguingly into focus the way the English media portray the virtues of a particular issue to what they said in the past.

I mentioned in the last article about one particular journalist who with "little old England" mentality. A lot of football people are seeing(finally) that the Premier League isn't the best league in the world as heads turn to the Bundesliga. But what did the journalist instead of showing impartiality do, well have a look at the last article http://late-kick-off.blogspot.ie/2012/12/football-finance-fans-fighting-back.html. People will know I am referring too, but his colleague I am referring to today is the main guy on Sunday Supplement,  who branded Gareth Bale's diving as the following: "It’s not cheating, it’s sensible." 

Some Spurs fans might think I am having a go here at Gareth Bale, this couldn't be further from the truth. What we are at witness here as a good mate of mine said "Xenophobia" of the British media on a weekly basis when it comes to Football. While diving in Italy and Spain is viewed as an art skill, after the criticism of foreign players by the media this year alone are they now changing tact? If so hypocrisy is now taking over as much as the Xenophobia. The foreign disease they say, yet players home grown from the football system in England are diving if not as much but more than their foreign counterparts. But today it's described as not cheating but sensible. Would the same be said for example about Luis Suarez? Other than Bale he is the only other player that seems to get it in the neck on a consistent basis. This is not about loyalties here, this is about what I would view as institutional racism at the heart of the football world that the authorities have no control over. 

This was never more evident how the governing body of football viewed the racism cases of both Luis Suarez and John Terry. Everyone knows the headlines of both, similar cases but like the media have done over and over again their disdain for anyone foreign were shown up in the headlines that the Mirror produced for the resulting cases. Easily, and I don't know why but the Mirror could have been sued for defamation of character by Luis Suarez as the FA did not deem him a racist nor did Patrice Evra. But it doesn't suit the narrative much like today's piece.

Whichever way supporters look a diving on the football pitch, the one thing it will bring up is debate after debate. The defence of the indefensible as football supporters is a given right but can be viewed as blind loyality. I have been a victim of this regarding our own controversial pantomime villain Luis Suarez at times. But when Xenophobic virtues are targeted towards one person constantly there comes a time when blind loyalty doesn't matter its the principle of defending a fellow human being who is been victimised for the sake of profit. That should not be allowed in any free society, it's capitalism gone truly beyond the realms of social responsibility to the public. 

If anything the Leveson enquiry and resulting report only puts more into scope how bad the media is regulated in England. When it is regulated hopefully rubbish articles like today can be struck off by an editor on the grounds of stupidity. 

If you want to read more on the article written by the Chelsea supporter by all means go have a look because honestly it would be worthless to advertise a useless newspaper as that publication is on here. Have a look at the one I am referring to but also the doozy that is basically saying Joey Barton is a gay hero football needs...apparently. Award winning journalists ladies and gentlemen.