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- Jan 23, 2004
What I'm saying is that to the casual Olympic figure skating viewer, what Hersh's article has done is put the notion into people's head that there is a conspiracy by the Japanese sponsors, and that they are bribing ISU officials.
For example, I don't watch any football, basketball or baseball. However, I do read the newspaper and if I read an article by a columnist who writes for a major newspaper suggesting that a team, or sponsor of a team, is bribing an official or referee (or whatever they're called), well, that's what I'm going to be thinking about during that Superbowl or World Series game. And I would be telling my friends, "Oh, I read in the paper that the officials are being bribed". Now, my friends, who haven't seen the article, will also believe this to be true because it was printed in a major newspaper (vs a supermarket tabloid), so even if the "accused" team wins, there will always be a shadow cast over that win.
That's why I have issues with Hersh's article and believe it was very inappropriate. Does anyone understand the point I'm trying to make? I'm not sure I'm making myself very clear
You make your self very clear to me.