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It must be the Bahston edumucations ya'll getCome on Aus, just say what we already know. Most of us PatsFans posters are smarter and way more on top of things.
In all seriousness, on Deflategate some of the fairest and most thoughtful reporting on it has come from this board. Sure, we have seen plenty of homer posting too, however, considering we have understandable and obvious bias/motivation, it makes the lack of official reporting by a profession 'dedicated' to reporting/asking questions even more shameful (though being ashamed requires awareness -- the profession seems to completely lack 'professional' awareness).
.Following Deflategate has been more following collective idiocy more than anything. I like to think of myself as a reasonable and fair person who when presented with new and compelling evidence, is capable of making a rational judgement call to update and switch my position if necessary. Throughout this whole farce, I've said I'd be ok with the Patriots being punished if it was conclusively proven the organisation deliberately cheated. Instead, we've been treated to a circus, a carnival designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator. The worst thing is, the frenzy isn't just isolated in the States, it's giving people something HERE to talk about. Evidently, Australian journalists are every bit as lazy and stupid as American journalists.
The most upsetting thing is I would never knowingly put my name to anything that had the potential to ruin the reputation of an organization or person without an extremely high confidence level. What we've seen is a race to see who can pump out the most **** as fast as possible to see what sticks without regard for the reputations of others. I hate the notion of generation now and how everything in society is working toward filling the 3-7 seconds you to capture someone's attention with rubbish.
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