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I am so sick of listening to, then watching, then reading the same watered down, post-race press conference interviews passed from outlet to outlet each week. I sure hope they can figure out a better system than they have now for rider interviews...
And not report anything.
Time to start being media reporters instead of buddies.
The Shop
Must say the week Roczen got busted I found it frustrating there was a load of drab questions and it was the riders that actually changed the topic to KR and addressed the elephant in the room.
I think its a great move to do these in general though and good for the culture of the sport. Imagine if they did the post race pressers when Reed & Stewart were going at it... of if we had archive of MC & RC the race RC passed/stole the torch etc.. heck, or Dungey & Jlaw sat at the same desk post race. hahahha
I'd guess that just about everyone has skeletons in their closets. That includes me.
But I'm not sure that pulling them out and letting the bones bleach in the sunlight, while the vultures pick at any remaining carcass really helps out anyone.
so we can get some real entertaining questions
For example:
Factory rider on husky was in a social media snafu where several of his main sponsors got copied on it.
I think a very relevant question would be: Did that affect your ability at all to focus on the race.
It's a relevant question in regards to his performance, and it's asked in a respectful and professional manner.
Rider performance is as much mental as anything else. So that is a completely relevant question to ask and report on.
Any other major sport, hell even some small sports would absolutely ask that question and report on the answer with relations to the results.
In our tiny sport, not only is it not asked, it's not reported. In fact, you can't really even talk about it without it getting deleted.
The media and the journalists have a relationship that reminds me of like 1950s/1960s journalism. They know what all is going on, but they don't report it. They want to paint a picture for the readers by deliberately witholding information and protecting the riders they report on.
Another example:
How did European media get a very open and honest interview with Malcom Stewart and no US journalist could get one? It's certainly not because the US journalists ask tough questions. I think more or less they are afraid to ask. So over comes euro media and gets a great interview and asks a lot of questions the US fans were wondering.
Sorry for the ramble.
As for Malcolm, you mean an interview like this one?
http://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Tough-Spot-Malcolm-Stewart,38987…
I'm guessing it also happened before the interview that you're talking about.
The Malcolm interview you linked to was in November. It's February now. That's a quarter of a year old.
I'm not knocking vital. Best place for dirt bike news and discussion. I hate the deleted threads but it's not my house so I respect the rules best I can.
Just in general, media shields the riders in ways other sports don't. It's like the ultimate bro system. As a fan of the sport I hate that aspect of reporting and journalism.
Pit Row
Seems like all the sponsors would WANT their rider to talk with media infront of their truck.
I sometimes wonder how invested I'd still be in this if I wasn't checking into their weekly podcasts.
The second-to-last thing I'm going to do is ask about an afterparty. That's when the night shift starts.
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