Posted by SeanC on 6/2/2005, 9:57 am I'm not buying the Times again till you get rid of him and will be HOW DARE he accuse Preston North End of gamesmanship, I'm fuming. 1 Jun 2005 ____________________________________________________ 2 Jun 2005 I do take your point: I hope you don't see this as a straightforward There is a more serious matter at stake here: one of journalistic I ask you (and not in a rhetorical sense) - has The Times become merely I put it to you that the thrust of Cascarino's column was that Preston In conclusion, I would expect, at the very least, a formal apology and I await your reply.
213.94.236.142
Correspondence with the Times
31 May 2005
To: Sport Comment, The Times
Subject: Cascarino talking tripe
Get a real writer - this guy talks complete rubbish.
starting a campaign to boycott The Times.
____________________________________________________
Thank you for your e-mail. I am sorry that you were
unhappy with Tony Cascarino's comments about Preston North End. Tony
has forthright opinions on many aspects of football that are not always
shared by some of our readers, especially if he mentions particular
clubs or players in a negative way. Your comments defending your club in
an equally forthright manner will, of course, be passed to him. With
kind regards, Christine Wheeler, Times Sport
Dear Ms Wheeler.
Many thanks for talking the time to reply to earlier e-mail.
case of Cascarino slagging off a club I support.
integrity. I'm not that na�ve that I don't realise that columnists will
often write opinion pieces that are pure diatribe. This is not the type
of column that I would have expected to read in The Times. The Sun,
certainly...
a vehicle for unsubstantiated fact posing as personal opinion?
are an aggressive side. Informed opinion is one thing but facts are
always nice to have. Preston actually finished ahead of West Ham in the
Fair Play League this season.*
retraction of the article by Cascarino. In the meantime I will continue
to highlight this issue with all supporters of football - not just
Preston - and defenders of the Fifth Estate.
* Source:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/fairplay?league=ENG.2&year=2004&cc=5739
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