Naughty man says bad word

Mr Potato Head was furious

By Amit Katwala, London

I’m not sure what mainstream football coverage is like for you international readers, but here in England the back pages have been dominated by the growing scandal that I’m going to call ‘F*ck-gate’.

The key point from a pivotal weekend in the title race, in which Man Utd probably cemented their title claim by coming back from two goals down to snatch all three points seems to be the shocking news that Wayne Rooney said a bad word into a television camera while celebrating a goal.

Now, if left to its own devices, I don’t think even the FA would be stupid enough to enforce such a ban, but I can see it happening because the growing media circus demands action.

This is a pretty recent phenomenon, and its not confined to football. 24 hour rolling news and live blogs are great for killing time at work, but they create a tendency to exaggerate the smallest things and blow them out of all proportion.

In the past, Rooney’s over-exuberance would have perhaps got a line in the match report in the Sunday papers, but Sky Sports News has got 24 hours of airtime to fill, and the papers have websites that constantly need fresh content.

(Source: philosofooty)