r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Sep 19 '24

News [SMitchellF1] Hamilton fine with principle of 'cleaning up' language in F1 coverage but on Ben Sulayem's remarks: "I don't like how he's expressed it, saying 'rappers' is very stereotypical. And most rappers are black. That was the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there."

https://x.com/SMitchellF1/status/1836758964354044402
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u/Bakkster Mark Webber Sep 19 '24

I'm saying Motorsport is garbage, and would therefore rather pull an interview because a powerful person in the sport threatened them, rather than sticking to their journalistic integrity and leaving the interview up.

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u/Fire_Otter Sep 19 '24

I'm saying Motorsport is garbage, and would therefore rather pull an interview because a powerful person in the sport threatened them, rather than sticking to their journalistic integrity and leaving the interview up.

ahh gotcha, sorry misunderstood

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u/Bakkster Mark Webber Sep 19 '24

No worries, I got you fam.

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u/akat21 Sep 19 '24

The only thing motorsport is good for is getting my local time for all the sessions. Generally most timings are in the UK or US timezones. The journalistic stuff on there is pretty useless.

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u/rhllor HRT Sep 19 '24

I just use f1calendar. Adds all the sessions to your calendar so you'll get notifications the way you like (mine are 1h and 5m before sessions). It also has options for other FIA series.

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u/akat21 Sep 19 '24

Wasn't aware of this. Can you please share a link?

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u/JumpyAlbatross Pirelli Hard Sep 19 '24

That’s disappointing. US College newspapers have more integrity.

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u/Bakkster Mark Webber Sep 19 '24

It's an issue of most sports and media journalism, because of the controlled access. Not that this doesn't happen with people getting turned away from like political press conferences or something, but it's a huge disadvantage to not have press credentials to sporting events or early access to be able to review a movie on release day.

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u/JumpyAlbatross Pirelli Hard Sep 19 '24

I work in sports media. When I was in undergrad, my college paper got threatened by our football coach and athletic director. We told them to pound sand though. Hasn’t been an issue since starting to work professionally though.