Loved you both on The Grade Cricketer pod with Sam Perry and Ian Higgins.
Really, liked the way you answered the question on how should a journalist walk a tightrope between having an objective view and being while being close to a player especially if that player is of older generation and is being idolised. The chance…
Loved you both on The Grade Cricketer pod with Sam Perry and Ian Higgins.
Really, liked the way you answered the question on how should a journalist walk a tightrope between having an objective view and being while being close to a player especially if that player is of older generation and is being idolised. The chance of idiolising a player of new generation is very less so that shouldn't be that big a problem. And also, don't you think that an ex cricketer turning into a broadcasters or a journalist and his criticism of a player or a team is more genuine and more reliable because he has gone through it he knows what is the right time when the alarm bells should be ringing and in what measure rather than a journalist who has never played even with distinction at first class level. Is it not better for a non cricketer journalist to play safe and praise and write about a player or a team when they are doing well, that can be acceptable and taken seriously but not his criticism of a player or a team ?
The other thing related to the first part of my comment is that the player journalist like ( Michael Atherton) or broadcaster can be objective in his criticism as he knows the exact time when to criticise in what measure and when is the right time that alarm bells should be ringing for a player much better than a stricto sensu journalist.
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Gideon and Peter
Loved you both on The Grade Cricketer pod with Sam Perry and Ian Higgins.
Really, liked the way you answered the question on how should a journalist walk a tightrope between having an objective view and being while being close to a player especially if that player is of older generation and is being idolised. The chance of idiolising a player of new generation is very less so that shouldn't be that big a problem. And also, don't you think that an ex cricketer turning into a broadcasters or a journalist and his criticism of a player or a team is more genuine and more reliable because he has gone through it he knows what is the right time when the alarm bells should be ringing and in what measure rather than a journalist who has never played even with distinction at first class level. Is it not better for a non cricketer journalist to play safe and praise and write about a player or a team when they are doing well, that can be acceptable and taken seriously but not his criticism of a player or a team ?
The other thing related to the first part of my comment is that the player journalist like ( Michael Atherton) or broadcaster can be objective in his criticism as he knows the exact time when to criticise in what measure and when is the right time that alarm bells should be ringing for a player much better than a stricto sensu journalist.