Anti-McIlroy bias in media?

Sir Chops

Was surprised at this diatribe. Quite bitter and sniping. Wonder what's behind it and is it becoming typical of irish media wrt McIlroy ??

http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/mcilroy-like-a-lost-boy-again-at-masters-in-augusta-30180034.html

Oilbeefhooked!

Ridiculous article, just someone who obviously knows nothin about golf and the ultra fine line between a good and bad round around Augusta, Trying to make a name for themselves by being overly aggressive and controversial - best ignored if you ask me

mister gullible

Oliver Brown obviously doesn't like golf otherwise he would understand what is going on.

PARlance

Such a pile of muck.

It's by Oliver Browne, he's English OP.
He writes for the Guardian and that's where the article was published.

The Irish Indo should be shot for using/buying such tripe of them.

peepee

Awful piece, typical of Indo. Stir it up!

How many different ways can he criticise a guy. Here you go.......

"Flailing, his little-boy-lost act , hopelessly overclubbed, almost braining , intrepid orienteer, chaotic, unravelling, dragged his feet, shot to pieces, cement-headed decision-making, wretchedly, nightmare, miserable waft at a birdie, abject implosion, brain-fade, bursting into tears, indignity, mentally fragile"

SnowDrifts

Wow - what a bitter little man this Browne is. Shame on the Independent for publishing such gutter trash talk.

Carpo86

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Wow - what a bitter little man this Browne is. Shame on the Independent for publishing such gutter trash talk.

I take it you're not a regular Indo reader

sodbuster77

The Indo is just a glorified tabloid. Used to be a decent paper but I wouldn't wipe me hole with it now.

Dirty Dingus McGee

There is hardly an anti McIlroy bias in the media if anything its the other way round.Every day I pick up the paper there is some of story about McIlroy, for some unknown reason the Irish media have a ridiculous obsession with him and his girlfriend.

mickmackey1

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

for some unknown reason the Irish media have a ridiculous obsession with him

Possibly because he could be the most gifted sportsman ever produced on this island... very frustrating at the mo admittedly.

Dirty Dingus McGee

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Possibly because he could be the most gifted sportsman ever produced on this island... very frustrating at the mo admittedly.

No need for the blanket coverage of his personal life in the newspapers.Don't have a problem with him getting coverage in the sports pages but the rest of it is tedious sh1te.

Rikand

Sir Chops wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/mcilroy-like-a-lost-boy-again-at-masters-in-augusta-30180034.html

Thats the kind of ****e that will make him choose England for the Olympics.

Pillocks.

Benny Cake

Who signs off on sh1te like this? Absolute drivel....

Dirty Dingus McGee

Rikand wrote: »

Thats the kind of ****e that will make him choose England for the Olympics.

Pillocks.

Hardly.The fella who wrote writes for an English paper,and who gives a toss who he declares for in the Olympics anyway.

geeksauce

Pretty stupid article, and not surprised by the Indo publishing it, anything controversial makes it to that paper. Rubbish and not worth reading. Yes McIlroy made a couple of mistakes, but even small mistakes at Augusta become magnified x 100, the majority of his putts during the round lipped the hole, if they had dropped he would have been 6 or 7 shots better off and the same reporter would be blasting someone else in an effort to sell a paper or two.

FixdePitchmark

I'll be honest and say - I am frustrated myself with McIlroy - but that is because I'd love to see him win as many majors as possible. He does let the shoulders drop. Most of these majors can be picked up "easily" these days - there is nobody dominating them and Rory should be.

The Indo is pure tripe , owned by Denis O'Brien and sold to over 900,000 people (on Sunday) - it has far too much influence on Irish life, government and public opinion in general. (But that is another topic)

fullstop

Rikand wrote: »

Thats the kind of ****e that will make him choose England for the Olympics.

Pillocks.

England aren't in the olympics. And he's not going to play for Ireland anyway, he's made that pretty clear.

Legwinski

Osgoodisgood

There's no anti Rory bias in the Irish golfing media that I've noticed. The lifestyle rags have probably stuck their hooks into him a few times but I don't read that stuff so I can't comment. As for this article he's looking for shock value. It's hyperbole, poorly written and hardly worth bothering with except to note that McIlroy was one of Oliver Brown's 10 picks to win this event.

The fawning over the missing Tiger was even more toe-curling but typical of someone who seems to believe that golf was invented in 1996 by Nike and FedEx.

Best ignored.

Ed Winchester

fullstop wrote: »

England aren't in the olympics. And he's not going to play for Ireland anyway, he's made that pretty clear.

Has he? I don't remember him saying anything clear one way or the other. Only that the whole hoo hah around the decision might make him skip the event.

catallus

"The Georgia Verdure"! Ha!

I think verdure shall be my word of the day

Rikand

fullstop wrote: »

England aren't in the olympics. And he's not going to play for Ireland anyway, he's made that pretty clear.

Semantics mean you win this debate..... :rolleyes:

Rikand

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Hardly.The fella who wrote writes for an English paper,and who gives a toss who he declares for in the Olympics anyway.

Cause if he wins, it'd be nice if we had a medal heading our way

PARlance

The Sunday Mail (another rag) had a dinger of a headline on the back page today

Amateur Hour: ....McIlroy humiliated.....

The article itself was balanced and not sensationalist.
I hope it was the cause of an idiotic sub editor creating the headline rather than the journalist penning it, as the journalist is from my hometown and I bump into him the odd time with cupla pints on board

Fair play to McIlroy, pity about that bogey on 13... A few inches away from an eagle putt and could be sitting on -3.

The recent articles have turned me from someone who wasn't a big fan, to a fan.

Oilbeefhooked!

Quote - "Flailing, his little-boy-lost act , hopelessly overclubbed, almost braining , intrepid orienteer, chaotic, unravelling, dragged his feet, shot to pieces, cement-headed decision-making, wretchedly, nightmare, miserable waft at a birdie, abject implosion, brain-fade, bursting into tears, indignity, mentally fragile"

A tad harsh to describe someone who finishes in 8th place at Augusta

charlieIRL

Lads, less of the flags / nationality posts please

Kid Charlemagne

Another loser trying to build a career on negativity and cheap digs.
Hank Haney lite.
Pathetic.