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       Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: DOK
       Date: February 28, 2021, 8:01 am
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       In my car crying, hope you’re happy
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       So, "well deserved" or "not in the spirit of rugby"?
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
       Date: February 28, 2021, 8:11 am
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       If she’s easily offended and triggered by things journalism
       isn’t for her. Obviously there are some idiots out there who can
       say terrible things which are bordering on criminal offences,
       but in the whole of you are on social media you have to take the
       rough with the smooth.
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: Quinten Poulsen
       Date: February 28, 2021, 9:07 am
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       > The BBC presenter posted a harrowing message
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       :D Harrowing!
       She really is a big jessie. Not to mention a tedious
       interviewer.
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: raedarius
       Date: February 28, 2021, 9:17 am
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       The abuse is unacceptable.
       Putting players on the spot in the hope of drama is not clever,
       but is a symptom of the business not the individual.
       Asking Alan Wyn Jones his thoughts on the Wales knock on
       immediately after the game in the hope of drama is just silly.
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: DOK
       Date: February 28, 2021, 9:30 am
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       The abuse is unacceptable. However, asking the same question
       over and over is not, in my eyes, fearless journalism. It's just
       trying to generate headlines for tomorrow. As a professional, SM
       would know that coaches and players get jumped on from a great
       height if they dare criticise a referee. So she already knew she
       was trying to inveigle OF into saying something he shouldn't,
       presumably relying on the fact he was knackered, upset and
       feeling he hadn't been treated fairly she was hoping for some
       sort of outburst. Good for OF that he remembered his media
       training and just played it with a straight bat.
       The interviewer is there as a representative of the rugby fans
       to get each captain's view as to how the game went. Obviously
       you only get a very limited time with each player, so why waste
       it on three questions where we learned absolutely nothing? I
       realised from Farrell's first answer that he was going to bat
       away every attempt to get him to criticise the referee - why did
       it take SM two more questions?
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: Bucksquin
       Date: February 28, 2021, 10:03 am
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       She's not a rugby specialist, is she? Just a generalist sports
       reporter (typical of the BBC nowadays)? If so, I don't think
       it's fair to expect any more from her. Clearly it was pretty
       poor journalism, but all that said, there is no excuse
       whatsoever for personal nastiness directed at her by online
       trolls. I'm very sad that it meant she left in tears because of
       that — it's totally unacceptable (same would be true if it was a
       male reporter who left in tears because he had received the same
       kind of comments).
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: MadMax
       Date: February 28, 2021, 10:08 am
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       She's been doing pitch side interviews at international rugby
       matches for years and is in my opinion has never added anything
       to the occasion. That doesn't mean she should suffer abuse
       however.
       I thought the best thing Owen Farrell did yesterday was to
       retain his patience with her questioning and not to simply walk
       away.
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       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: February 28, 2021, 10:44 am
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       --- Quote from: DOK link ---
       >
       > In my car crying, hope you’re happy
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       >
       > So, "well deserved" or "not in the spirit of rugby"?
       >
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       I despise this trend of channeling metoo and claiming abuse. She
       wasn't abused, she was criticised for a horrific set of
       questions she knew full well couldn't be answered. She has done
       this for a decade, she is utterly toxic. You live by the sword
       etc.
       Tweeting out her distress for the feminists and non-fans to ride
       to her rescue is just pathetic. She's got a reputation as a
       pitbull interviewer, anyone who believes she actually cried can
       buy this bridge.
       #Post#: 60503--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: February 28, 2021, 10:44 am
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       --- Quote from: raedarius link ---
       >
       > The abuse is unacceptable.
       >
       > Putting players on the spot in the hope of drama is not
       clever, but is a symptom of the business not the individual.
       >
       > Asking Alan Wyn Jones his thoughts on the Wales knock on
       immediately after the game in the hope of drama is just silly.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       What abuse?
       #Post#: 60504--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Sonja Mclaughlan posts tragic tweet
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: February 28, 2021, 10:46 am
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       --- Quote from: Bucksquin link ---
       >
       > She's not a rugby specialist, is she? Just a generalist sports
       reporter (typical of the BBC nowadays)? If so, I don't think
       it's fair to expect any more from her. Clearly it was pretty
       poor journalism, but all that said, there is no excuse
       whatsoever for personal nastiness directed at her by online
       trolls. I'm very sad that it meant she left in tears because of
       that — it's totally unacceptable (same would be true if it was a
       male reporter who left in tears because he had received the same
       kind of comments).
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Mate. If you don't think sonja m, who has been doing pitch side
       interviews for at least a decade, doesn't know full well the
       implications of players and coaches criticising refereeing
       decisions then you are crazy.
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