The funny thing is how the responses of cycling journalists to criticism of their coverage echo the responses of cyclists to criticism.
We get: Very angry, we get finger pointing and piling into the whipping boys. We get people being for want of a better word shafted. Vaughters shafts his riders, CN shafts Vaughters.
The come the excuses: Everyone was doing it (not breaking omerta), there was too much pressure to conform, others were worse, it was before my time (does this make Benson the Tom Danielson of cycling journalism?).
And not one person willing to admit that they personally ****ed up and ****ed up for years.
And just like we're told to 'trust' the riders, we're supposed to 'trust' the same journalists who lied to us (if they were as smart as they claim they are then they knew that what they were writing was bull****). If they didn't know then frankly it is criminal that people so stupid should be allowed anywhere near a form of communication.
We're some how supposed to put our faith in the same people who fawned all over Armstrong, Hog etc that they've had a Pauline conversion and they are some how going to not be fooled again by the next big doping team.
Vuelta so far says nothing learnt and nothing's changed - either in the peloton or the media.
We get: Very angry, we get finger pointing and piling into the whipping boys. We get people being for want of a better word shafted. Vaughters shafts his riders, CN shafts Vaughters.
The come the excuses: Everyone was doing it (not breaking omerta), there was too much pressure to conform, others were worse, it was before my time (does this make Benson the Tom Danielson of cycling journalism?).
And not one person willing to admit that they personally ****ed up and ****ed up for years.
And just like we're told to 'trust' the riders, we're supposed to 'trust' the same journalists who lied to us (if they were as smart as they claim they are then they knew that what they were writing was bull****). If they didn't know then frankly it is criminal that people so stupid should be allowed anywhere near a form of communication.
We're some how supposed to put our faith in the same people who fawned all over Armstrong, Hog etc that they've had a Pauline conversion and they are some how going to not be fooled again by the next big doping team.
Vuelta so far says nothing learnt and nothing's changed - either in the peloton or the media.