Thread: Road Rage!!
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Old 20 Apr 2009, 06:14 (Ref:2445203)   #8
Holly Wood
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Holly Wood should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Axeman444 View Post
when half the story is actually quotes it would be hard to stuff up....
I think the point others are making is that this writer has taken a non-story and tried to make it one, by using spin and emotive language.

i.e. "After snatching second place, Courtney slammed Bright for denying him a chance of beating fierce rival Jamie Whincup."

If you read the quotes from James, it's nothing unusual.

When a driver says;"'the team had to tell me to keep calm", it should be remembered that some drivers need to be told to breathe... so describing it as "JAMES Courtney needed to be subdued by team officials..." is rather over-doing it.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with having a story like this in a main-stream paper, and don't think we should be discouraging the exposure, no matter how fake and manufactured it is.
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