Too bad Herald Sun displayed some absolute f***ing gutter journalism with that Daniel Chick story by Hawthorn wagoner Rita Panahi today.
It deserves to be called out for what it is: a despicable smear campaign by News Limited against the West Coast Eagles over the "tainted" 2006 Premiership.
The questions of course are:
*did/or why didn't Daniel Chick raise this with the AFL Integrity department?
*did News Limited pay Daniel Chick for the story?
*how long have News Limited been in possession of this information, before deciding to print it?
*why didn't News Limited contact the West Coast Eagles before printing the story?
They did this to Jimmy Bartel just a day after his Brownlow medal win in 2007, posting quotes from his "estranged father".
They did this to Geelong recently with the deliberately misleading "Geelong Dank Drugs Link" front page.
Whether it is Fairfax and their bitter, spiteful left-wing agenda or News Limited and their "women's magazine" tabloid sensationalism, you honestly need to take each and every front page with a grain of salt these days.