Hamilton Wiki-attack: the British press fire back
Okay, this is just getting ridiculous. Remember the story we brought you a couple days ago about the Mercedes employee in Spain who trashed Lewis Hamilton on Wikipedia? Yeah, pretty ridiculous, we know. But the British media, if you can believe it, is actually taking it seriously.
The Daily Telegraph referred to the incident as a "cheap shot" fuelled by "Spanish paranoia", while the Daily Mirror claimed that "Spain's Fernando Alonso has inflamed home fans".
Daimler said they're investigating the matter, the IP address of the *ahem* perpetrator having been traced back to its office in Spain. Wikipedia removed the edits and temporarily locked the entry. That any newspaper worth its ink is even acknowledging what amounts to no more than one person's fanaticism is just ridiculous. Stay tuned to see what the Spanish papers have to say...
[Source: F1i.com]
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TC 1:42PM (10/17/2007)
You've obviously haven't heard about the British press before then? The Telegraph and the Mirror are tabloids, they sensationalise stories to get people to buy the paper. For example, The Mail picked up on a story that the EU want to ban curved bananas, it's not true obviously, but it sells papers. If The Times or The Independent pick up on a story, then there may be some truth in it.
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Rafa 2:11PM (10/17/2007)
British papers are complete crap, but I guess they have to make a living by saying things like this. Hopely in Spain they are better, so I don´t expect a war between them.
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adrian 7:02PM (10/17/2007)
TC is right. But remember, american newspapers are legendary at bitching over nonsense as well.
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Paul 4:43AM (10/31/2007)
How the Hell can anyone trash Lewis After this his first season in GP 1 after all he has done.In my opinion he is the next shooyey , long live lewis and the hell to alonso spoilt spanish brat.