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Re: Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:25 am
by ashkor87
thanks.. that is a relief.. I looked for it, couldnt find it.

Re: Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:04 am
by meganfernandez
ti-amie wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:43 am
ashkor87 wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:02 pm am sad to see Wertheim banished from the SI page - always look forward to his mailbags..he is, in my opinion, the most fair and balanced of all the tennis journalists - he is out just because of one silly comment about Krejcikova's forehead. who gains by all this? not us, for sure.
I couldn't remember what he'd done to be banished to be honest. Many, many tennis "journalists" have said worse about other players present and past.
Hot mic’d. Tasteless snarky comment but who hasn’t made one of those when we thought no one was listening? I have.

Re: Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:05 am
by meganfernandez
ashkor87 wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:25 am thanks.. that is a relief.. I looked for it, couldnt find it.
I live in fear for the day he hangs it up! That’s how I found TAT about 20 years ago!

Re: Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 2:06 pm
by ponchi101
meganfernandez wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 1:04 am
ti-amie wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:43 am
ashkor87 wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:02 pm am sad to see Wertheim banished from the SI page - always look forward to his mailbags..he is, in my opinion, the most fair and balanced of all the tennis journalists - he is out just because of one silly comment about Krejcikova's forehead. who gains by all this? not us, for sure.
I couldn't remember what he'd done to be banished to be honest. Many, many tennis "journalists" have said worse about other players present and past.
Hot mic’d. Tasteless snarky comment but who hasn’t made one of those when we thought no one was listening? I have.
Who hasn't made a comment like that knowing people were listening?
It is downright McCarthyistic. The slightest bit, and you are banned, punished or ex-communicated. Way too much.
It is not as if the guy is a walking insulting machine.
(Still peeved with him when he said "the poorly named" contest (meaning our SP), especially after we had changed it. But, still love his commentary).

Re: Great Tennis Journalism 2.0

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:34 pm
by ti-amie
To quote the Ojay's "They smile in your face all the time they want to take your place the backstabbers..."