Bobsyouruncle
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I posted this in a comment in the other forum but since it's mostly Deflategate related and I think a bit of good news and kudos to the fans is in order thought I'd put it here.
What fans have mostly done
In the last few weeks we have gone from the Patriots definitely deflated footballs and should be banned/or suspended being the news, to- Kravitz apologizing (sort of), the NY times running an article saying science shows nothing happenned, and Rice being outed as a cheater nationally.
All wins, and all stuff I heard from the fans before the local media, and then national media picked it up. We are driving some of the narrative.
But those are true, some of the biggest wins may or may not be true:
Esiason on national TV and radio saying Pagano and Harbaugh started this from jealousy. Not a lick of proof, but now it's heard repeatedly and it's a rumor I heard days before it ever hit the air. I doubt Esiason is the inventor, he heard it from someone who heard it and it sounded plausible.
Last night on a national broadcast on letterman the theory was put forth by letterman that the Colts deflated a ball. That whole narrative has been driven by fans right up until it was uttered on national television. Now it's part of the national narrative. People legitimately believe it's possible the Colts set the Patriots up, and Harbaugh was in on it, instead of only believing the Patriots did it. There's no proof either the Colts or Patriots did anything but we have shifted the narrative with nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Some people hate Wikipedia, doesn't matter. People read Wikipedia. If someone wants to know what Spygate or Deflategate is they start on Wikipedia. They may not believe it all, but that's where the narrative starts.
Considering where we were three weeks ago, I would say we are winning. Much of the country now thinks the Colts might have set the Patriots up out of jealousy, and that the whole thing is a joke. It's difficult to change an established story but we have mostly done it, and most of it has been driven from the fans up. Good job.
What fans have mostly done
In the last few weeks we have gone from the Patriots definitely deflated footballs and should be banned/or suspended being the news, to- Kravitz apologizing (sort of), the NY times running an article saying science shows nothing happenned, and Rice being outed as a cheater nationally.
All wins, and all stuff I heard from the fans before the local media, and then national media picked it up. We are driving some of the narrative.
But those are true, some of the biggest wins may or may not be true:
Esiason on national TV and radio saying Pagano and Harbaugh started this from jealousy. Not a lick of proof, but now it's heard repeatedly and it's a rumor I heard days before it ever hit the air. I doubt Esiason is the inventor, he heard it from someone who heard it and it sounded plausible.
Last night on a national broadcast on letterman the theory was put forth by letterman that the Colts deflated a ball. That whole narrative has been driven by fans right up until it was uttered on national television. Now it's part of the national narrative. People legitimately believe it's possible the Colts set the Patriots up, and Harbaugh was in on it, instead of only believing the Patriots did it. There's no proof either the Colts or Patriots did anything but we have shifted the narrative with nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Some people hate Wikipedia, doesn't matter. People read Wikipedia. If someone wants to know what Spygate or Deflategate is they start on Wikipedia. They may not believe it all, but that's where the narrative starts.
Considering where we were three weeks ago, I would say we are winning. Much of the country now thinks the Colts might have set the Patriots up out of jealousy, and that the whole thing is a joke. It's difficult to change an established story but we have mostly done it, and most of it has been driven from the fans up. Good job.
