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"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano

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As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.

Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

Oh boy…

Just thought I’d revisit this one in light of the unsurprising latest developments, why have Arsenal, Arteta and Kroenke faced little to no scrutiny for this protecting this scumbag? - www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

FIFA’s Infantino, UEFA’s Ceferin intervene to save local soccer pitch in West Bank from destruction The IDF had been scheduled to demolish the pitch this week but that has been suspended after negotiations, sources said.

Congratulations to Aida Youth Centre and all who supported them. Brilliant campaigning that put Infantino and Ceferin under serious pressure.

This is a symbolic victory amid a much wider tragedy that FIFA amd UEFA have done nothing to arrest.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

The unthinkable consequence and five vital questions over Man City case City strongly maintain their innocence, with further delays adding tension, as Miguel Delaney details the important issues provoked by the wait for a verdict

This is astonishing, really

21 per cent of the Premier League’s history has had the City case hanging over it

That extends to 48.4 per cent if you go back to 2009-10 and the first season the charges relate to.

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

The scene outside any Irish funeral.

@footballcliches.bsky.social any help?

Brooks Koepka's Immediate PGA Tour Return Confirmed The five-time Major champion is making an immediate return to the PGA Tour after leaving LIV Golf thanks to a newly introduced Returning Member Program

So Brooks is back, faster than expected. Interesting move from the tour essentially lobbing the ball into the court of Bryson, Rahm et al and seeing if they dribble. www.golfmonthly.com/news/brooks-...

World Cup ticket prices are hideously, unforgivably expensive Watching your country play shouldn’t be the pursuit solely of the super-rich - this is so far beyond the pale it has to cause a line in the sand

The ticket pricing for the World Cup is a disgrace. Making fans pay for all eight games up front is a disgrace.

The game is being taken from the people and sold back to them at an unforgivable premium.

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Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t think I’ve ever felt as European in my life 😎

Currently watching my country being outplayed by Armenia, how’s your Tuesday going?

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

😞

The continued existence of Manchester United means an unplanned social media detox is now on the cards until at least Saturday

Outplayed for an entire half by Grimsby lol

The Kelce/Swift engagement means an unplanned social media detox is now on the cards for this evening

Ready for Tommy Fleetwood to hurt my feelings once again

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

How a new deal was ever in consideration under these circumstances is a mark on Arsenal, and that’s even before the public backing from his manager (“after everything he’s been through”) and decisions to make him the cover star of programmes and hero content on social channels while this was known.

Unfortunately United have had a player like this but thankfully he never played another minute for the club. Arsenal actively shielding him through this should lead to multiple resignations including Arteta but nothing will happen.

Thomas Partey guilty of five counts of rape. FIVE.

The club knew and looked the other way. If we’re in anyway serious about football being inclusive or protecting women in society, Arteta should resign.

On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.

Well said.

Major yikes

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

Grim stuff. Depressing as much as it is infuriating. The irony being that the vast majority of those ‘protesting’ are…… the ancestors of immigrants.

A triumph.

I don’t get why people go so crazy for pure bred dogs. I mean congrats you got a common dog, I want a freaky dude. I want a goofy guy.

This is the most Raiders thing to ever Raider