littlebigcat wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 15:06
I’m somewhat surprised that some people are surprised at a national broadcaster having a bias towards its own audience.
Remember Sky is a UK subscription service, their market will be first and foremost die hard F1 fans who are paying £50 a month to watch F1 alone on top of their regular Sky subscription.
If another broadcaster chooses to use their feed in other parts of the world then your complaint is with them not Sky.
I mind the days when Coultard was British if he was winning and a Scot if he made a mistake or lost. There is your real British bias.
I guess some bias is OK. I mean I have watched F1 on french, german and Italian television as well and it never bothered me.
But the thing is that in the current day and age media have to be careful what they say. It is not like 30 years ago when a bad remark was quickly forgotten by anyone but the 5 people which had a VCR running. Today everything is dissected on twitter and fora like these. And some people take it to very bad places.
And the atletes have to bear the brunt of the fallout. Racist abuse, death threats, hate sites, random insults from complete strangers. It does not surprise me that Hamilton spoke up to support Verstappen in this.
IMO the media play a role in this; they may not have caused it, but they can choose not to feed it. Key word is respect. And I see no reason why you cannot favor one driver or team and respect the others.