Two fine bloggers from a neighbouring parish by suggesting that walking to and from the arena because there is no sound in the press centre is something they might like to consider.
Queue a barrage of posts on a message board near here slating me for “not being there” and for “slagging off bloggers“.
I publicly apologise to them (and they know who they are), but there are just a few things I need to get off my chest here:
- I’ve been doing this for 12 years – I don’t need to be told how it works, I think I already know.
- You are in a press centre – it’s not like home. I admit being lied to by people in charge is annoying, but surely there are far worse things to complain about?
- Just to clear things up for people – Using a message board to advertise the site isn’t a bad thing, it’s a thing – That’s almost like saying “Don’t advertise on TV in the middle of my favourite show”.
- I chose not to come to Baku about two hours after they won last year, and therefore didn’t bother to try and apply for accreditation. My job and my new boyf clearly came first, therefore I have always told people up front the coverage they are going to get.
- Talking of which, It seems to be going down right well, co-ordinating a team of seven between home and Baku is working a treat – yeah that’s right, a team of seven.
- As has been pointed out to me by “a real journalist” out in Baku – Do people think that reputable print journalists never review things they aren’t there for? Commenting on other people’s points of view and YouTube videos is just as valid as, say, commenting on other people’s points of view and watching moving pictures from Baku in a tent – apart from the fact that we are e 2000 miles and an internet connection away.
I clearly need food…. off to the warm food cafeteria (yes I have one of those!)