The People fabricating a ‘Spurs raid for Blackburn’s Junior Hoillet’ story

Overheard in The People’s newsroom late last night:

‘We need some transfer rumours!’

‘Just make some up then.’

Every week it’s the same, create a link between a player and a club – possibly by rolling a dice, and then fill an entire article with suggestive language but no quotes, evidence, or facts.

‘Tottenham are set to add to struggling Blackburn’s woes by moving for their star player Junior Hoilett.

Spurs supremo Daniel Levy is set to sanction a raid for the Canadian attacker, whose ­contract runs out at the end of this season.’

Based on what exactly? Still, the best part of the article is the moment where it claims that ‘there would inevitably be swap deals offered’. Obviously, anytime you see the phrase ‘swap deal’ appear in transfer story, an alarm should sound in your head that screams ‘this is bollocks, this is bollocks.’

If The People didn’t exist, would anyone bother to invent it?

Blackburn to avoid relegation? 4/6 with Paddy Power.

Tottenham to qualify for the Champions League? 11/10 with Paddy Power.

Posted on October 9, 2011, in Tabloid Lying and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.

  1. MATE U JUST GET A TINY BIT OF RUBBISH
    WE GET THIS ALL DAY LONG EVERY DAY
    THINK BACK 2MTHS DANIEL LEVY SAID WE ARE NOT SELLING MODDERS BUT PAPERS WOULDNT REST EVERY DAY WE HAD IT DIDNT MATTER WHAT HE SAID!!!!! JUST PRINTED BULL
    AND IT DID WIND PEOPLE UP!

  2. Brian Roocroft

    Great article:
    About time someone had a go at the London based biased press. Its always Spurs involved, they will be in for Messi next, swap deal of course.
    Spurs are playing Blackburn soon, so maybe Harry’s press mates are making trouble on his behalf?
    Always remember London is a european cup / championship free zone unlike Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham or even Glasgow.
    That must get stuck in the gullet of the biased press people from the so called newspapers!

  3. It will be like this for a while now, no real news mean they just make it up and hope for hits on their sites.
    Leandro Damiao and Abel Hernandez will be our next two strikers in.

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