The Everton Board Thread

[matty1878]

It was the echo who first contacted Merseyside Police. Ffs only after loads of Everton fans contacted them. He’s trying to worm himself and his rag out of a really bad, one sided piece of propaganda aimed at tarring the fans.

what i miss mate? is the red rag now backtracking?

 

[Harryflashman]

Ima

what i miss mate? is the red rag now backtracking?

no he said they were the first ones to chase up the police to ask details of the allegation

 

[Efcjake]

Did he clarify as to why the story was published a couple of hours before kick off?

They got the statement handed to them on a print out and then an unnamed member of the Goodison press office (take a guess) gave them these extra details before the match. In his words they had to print it immediately because what would people say if they didn't and their job is to get the latest news. Nothing in their job about validating the information, they can just report the claims as they came from a club official.

Its interesting O'Keefe says it was a single person but the Echo podcast was saying they got it off of multiple club sources.

 

[blueblue]

A list needs to be made of these 'journalists' peddling blatant propaganda and we should never let them forget it. A wall of shame, @chicoazul get to it

I don't think any journalist will lose any sleep over this.

 

[Efcjake]

His reasoning was how could anyone not report such an allegation, which is fair but when reporting you should report it as an allegation and not as fact as most journo's seemed to have done

Which is bollocks.

You wait to print until you know the facts.

He rushed to print the allegation and did no leg work at all to confirm what he was printing as fact.

 

[Harryflashman]

Which is bollocks.

You wait to print until you know the facts.

He rushed to print the allegation and did no leg work at all to confirm what he was printing as fact.

Let’s face it it wasn’t reported as an allegation it was reported as fact and not as manhandling or misbehaviour but as a headlock

 

[allen]

Journos shouldn't put out stories without basic fact checking or explicitly stating that "somebody has made allegations" and "there is no evidence yet". The fact that a club source chose to make off the record comments during an official press briefing needs to be called out. They all rushed to jump on the bandwagon. Asking for forgiveness after you've done the damage doesn't fix anything.

But it was framed as received from the club - except in the headline, which was rightly corrected.

Imagine choosing not to report that someone at the club said that. That would be madness.

 

[Harryflashman]

But it was framed as received from the club - except in the headline, which was rightly corrected.

Imagine choosing not to report that someone at the club said that. That would be madness.

Listening to the podcast Was it on the club press release or was it said verbally ? Seems mad the most serious incident wasn’t top of the sheet

 

[Efcjake]

Let’s face it it wasn’t reported as an allegation it was reported as fact and not as manhandling or misbehaviour but as a headlock

Yep, nowhere was the Headlock allegation preceded by "Club officials claim".

Now the wider support is having a go at them over it they want to cry about it.

They should have done their jobs and not printed it until another source outside of the club had corroborated it at least.

 

[Efcjake]

But it was framed as received from the club - except in the headline, which was rightly corrected.

Imagine choosing not to report that someone at the club said that. That would be madness.

Then he should have pulled it the second he saw the headline.

They knew what they were doing when they put the articles out.

 

[davek]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/77449947

Here's 25 minutes of Greg O'Keefe trying to defend himself for being Prentice's right hand man in the club's propaganda wing.

Basically confirms Prenno was the one who fed them the BS about the "headlock".

Claims he had to run the allegation in the news but didn't need to bother getting the facts right first.

Spends the rest of it crying over him and Joe Thomas getting abuse for printing the club's lies.

It was always bound to come down to him.

I know some feel the story would have been put [past the board first, but I'm not sure.

 

[Harryflashman]

Then he should have pulled it the second he saw the headline.

They knew what they were doing when they put the articles out.

I get it’s an exciting story but they’re experienced journalists, I can’t believe they didn’t twig and at least tred carefully

 

[trueblue84]

But it was framed as received from the club - except in the headline, which was rightly corrected.

Imagine choosing not to report that someone at the club said that. That would be madness.

That's the point. It wasn't reported that a source made claims. It was reported as fact. The BBC journo used the following words with the official statement.

EFC’s Board of Directors have been instructed not to attend today’s game against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security".

Understand CEO Denise-Barrett Baxendale was physically manhandled by a male fan after the Brighton game.

 

[allen]

Listening to the podcast Was it on the club press release or was it said verbally ? Seems mad the most serious incident wasn’t top of the sheet

Yeah, as I say - off the record but still part of the official comms strategy.

The club wanted to squirt something out that was vague and cast the fans in a bad light, so they used off the record channels.

That was the crime - that’s what deserves the vitriol, not the journalists who didn’t do much of anything wrong.

Outrage is understandable, but we shouldn’t lose focus: it was dark arts by the comms dept at EFC being weaponised against the fanbase.

Prentice needs to go, as the man in charge.

 

[allen]

That's the point. It wasn't reported that a source made claims. It was reported as fact. The BBC journo used the following words with the official statement.

EFC’s Board of Directors have been instructed not to attend today’s game against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security".

Understand CEO Denise-Barrett Baxendale was physically manhandled by a male fan after the Brighton game.

Can you show me where it was reported as fact please and I’ll agree.