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28th January 2008, 21:22 #1
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Loeb in the press
The biggest swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, has once again noticed that there is a sport called rally. As usual though, it is not the high level of competition in general, or the amazing battles between drivers like Loeb and Grönholm which is of interest. How much was written about the 2007 NZ-rally in Sweden...nothing.
But when there is something which is potentially dangerous or if someone dies, then the press reacts. I am fed up with it(as Bosse would have nicely put it )!
The reason for Aftonbladets reaction this time is of course Loebs close encounter with an officer/marshall in MC. Do they even know who Loeb is? Do they know how brilliant he is as a driver? Do they know of all the records he has broken? Naturally not. But if Loeb had hit the guy, he would have been famous amongst "ordinary" people, and he would have had a lot of dark head-lines. People would think of rallying as something bad, and of Loeb as a moroon.
Will it ever stop? Probably not. But what can we do to promote our sport when we have main-stream media targeting at us, totally ignorant for all the fascinating aspects of rallying? When will they ever write anything good about rallying?Winner Best Signature Championship 2007! Winner of BSC 2008! Winner of BSC 2009!
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28th January 2008, 21:30 #2
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I know that it won't make You happier but in our country it's totaly same. Media are interested in rallying only in case of some death, financial scandal or prime minister's crash on Prague rally show (lost wheel from a pavement but they made it a hororous crash he luckyly survived).
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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28th January 2008, 21:37 #3
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Same here in UK, and I'm also fed up with it. There's no excuse, wait until F1 starts. Why the bias in favour of F1 instead of WRC, what are the F1A doing? Nothing!! The press and media are zombies, all blind, stupid, etc....I could go on but I won't!!!
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28th January 2008, 21:40 #4
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Not any different in Croatia.
There was a CIRCUIT event in Poreć and unfortunately a young driver crashed and a spectator died.That was a rare moment that autosport got an article(and that can be only about something like that) and they said that it is dangerous. And they reffered to the race as a RALLY.It was a Polo circuit cup RACE.
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28th January 2008, 21:41 #5
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Originally Posted by MagnusAja kovaa Pena.
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28th January 2008, 21:55 #6
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same as Greece
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28th January 2008, 21:58 #7
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Originally Posted by TomiThere are two rules for success
1. Never tell everything you know.
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28th January 2008, 22:05 #8
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Originally Posted by DonJippoAja kovaa Pena.
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28th January 2008, 22:19 #9
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I'm starting feel very priviledged as a Finn because here the media follows WRC. Of course it's NOTHING compared to F1 when it starts but still, reasonably good coverage.
it doesn't make me happy though as I read your comments from different countries. The situation is worse than I thought. Something has to be done to lift the profile of our favourite sport since the cold fact is that only the rich and beautifulls survive in this worldAnother Flying Finn
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28th January 2008, 22:26 #10
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Originally Posted by A.F.F.Aja kovaa Pena.
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