Brodie Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) Just read an article from the harness journalist Mat Kermeen who is a journalist for The Press I believe! What a load of disgusting writings that I find apalling being written by the harness journalist for The Press! I beleive this journo took over from Matt Markham who always did a good job. Why on earth would a supporter of harness racing want to write an article about HOW TO FIX A HARNESS RACE???????? With what is currently on why would someone who is meant to be a supporter for the good of harness racing want to write this NEGATIVE BS??? This fellah has obviously been taught by the same journo that wrote the gutter BS about young Bronson Munro! WAY TO GO Mat Kermeen, you are a real asset to be writing on behalf of harness racing! Keep up the great work and you will have no job writing about harness racing! Absolutely poor performance on your behalf, and I tell you now you will get no accolades from most harness racing supporters and I can clearly see why The Press readers are diminishing when they have gutter stories being written once again by their journos. Hang your head in shame as I think it was a totally disgusting article from someone who should be promoting harness racing rather than trying to KILL IT!!! AAAAGH Edited September 6, 2018 by Brodie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) I have read the article.. Personally I think it sad that the article was written, however if you knew little about harness racing like many of the press readers,then it would in some ways be informative. Your worried about perception I guess Brodie, but whether you like it or not, the press writer is just doing his job. What did you expect? Some sort of article painting the industry in a positive light. Welcome to the real world brodie. Edited September 6, 2018 by the galah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 54 minutes ago, Brodie said: Just read an article from the harness journalist Mat Kermeen who is a journalist for The Press I believe! What a load of disgusting writings that I find apalling being written by the harness journalist for The Press! I beleive this journo took over from Matt Markham who always did a good job. Why on earth would a supporter of harness racing want to write an article about HOW TO FIX A HARNESS RACE???????? With what is currently on why would someone who is meant to be a supporter for the good of harness racing want to write this NEGATIVE BS??? This fellah has obviously been taught by the same journo that wrote the gutter BS about young Bronson Munro! WAY TO GO Mat Kermeen, you are a real asset to be writing on behalf of harness racing! Keep up the great work and you will have no job writing about harness racing! Absolutely poor performance on your behalf, and I tell you now you will get no accolades from most harness racing supporters and I can clearly see why The Press readers are diminishing when they have gutter stories being written once again by their journos. Hang your head in shame as I think it was a totally disgusting article from someone who should be promoting harness racing rather than trying to KILL IT!!! AAAAGH old brodie coming off the long run looks like the extra effort has confused him and has him well off the money yet again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, the galah said: I have read the article.. Personally I think it sad that the article was written, however if you knew little about harness racing like many of the press readers,then it would in some ways be informative. Your worried about perception I guess Brodie, but whether you like it or not, the press writer is just doing his job. What did you expect? Some sort of article painting the industry in a positive light. Welcome to the real world brodie. The way this story can be spun in a positive way via the media is to have articles published referring to the need for justice to take its course,while at the same time hammering the message that this behavior will not be tolerated,that is why it was investigated and handed to the police, Admit that many leading industry participants are involved,state that irrespective of ones standing in the industry those found guilty will suffer the full force of Hrnz efforts to rid such behavior from the industry and that the guilty should expect punishment that reflects that. I did hear Mr rennells talk to mike hosking, I thought he did a fair job on the spin but trying to spin a story where your saying the behavior of so many of the industries most successful people is not a true reflection of the industry,well current headlines don"t support such spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Rangatira said: old brodie coming off the long run looks like the extra effort has confused him and has him well off the money yet again Give your view rather than attack Brodie. What do you think of the article! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Happy Sunrise said: Give your view rather than attack Brodie. What do you think of the article! matt keerman is a reporter for stuff and as such writes articles for stuff to publish brodie may know different but to the best of my knowledge matt keerman in not employed by hrnz to promote harness racing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 8 hours ago, Brodie said: Just read an article from the harness journalist Mat Kermeen who is a journalist for The Press I believe! What a load of disgusting writings that I find apalling being written by the harness journalist for The Press! I beleive this journo took over from Matt Markham who always did a good job. Why on earth would a supporter of harness racing want to write an article about HOW TO FIX A HARNESS RACE???????? With what is currently on why would someone who is meant to be a supporter for the good of harness racing want to write this NEGATIVE BS??? This fellah has obviously been taught by the same journo that wrote the gutter BS about young Bronson Munro! WAY TO GO Mat Kermeen, you are a real asset to be writing on behalf of harness racing! Keep up the great work and you will have no job writing about harness racing! Absolutely poor performance on your behalf, and I tell you now you will get no accolades from most harness racing supporters and I can clearly see why The Press readers are diminishing when they have gutter stories being written once again by their journos. Hang your head in shame as I think it was a totally disgusting article from someone who should be promoting harness racing rather than trying to KILL IT!!! AAAAGH Most people have no idea about harness racing fixing and how it would occur, so this article would definitely give them an insight into how it could be done. I would guess they are getting asked by every man and his dog how did they do the fixing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nowornever said: Most people have no idea about harness racing fixing and how it would occur, so this article would definitely give them an insight into how it could be done. I would guess they are getting asked by every man and his dog how did they do the fixing! Why bring it more into the public’s notice when the industry has had a hammering this week. This fellah has done the industry no favours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Because the public want to know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Brodie, the media don't exist for the sole purpose of writing feel-good stories about matters you happen to approve of (just as the TAB doesn't exist in order to fund your preferred lifestyle). Here's how this will have played out. The editor will have said "Matt, you're our racing writer. Give me 500 words on how this race fixing thing works so that our average reader can understand." And that's what he's done. Personally, I think it's appropriate and even-handed, as he goes to great pains to spell out how what looks like race-fixing may not be at all. Shooting the messenger is always a dumb idea. Contrary to popular opinion, all it does is encourage more messengers, some of whom will carry even less welcome messages! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, Brodie said: Why bring it more into the public’s notice when the industry has had a hammering this week. This fellah has done the industry no favours. Bring it out in the open, why are you so hell bent on trying to hide everything? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDWHITEMAN Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 55 minutes ago, Basil said: Brodie, the media don't exist for the sole purpose of writing feel-good stories about matters you happen to approve of (just as the TAB doesn't exist in order to fund your preferred lifestyle). Here's how this will have played out. The editor will have said "Matt, you're our racing writer. Give me 500 words on how this race fixing thing works so that our average reader can understand." And that's what he's done. Personally, I think it's appropriate and even-handed, as he goes to great pains to spell out how what looks like race-fixing may not be at all. Shooting the messenger is always a dumb idea. Contrary to popular opinion, all it does is encourage more messengers, some of whom will carry even less welcome messages! Brodie is pissed because his heroes the Dunns are mixed up in this shocking debacle. He has always portrayed the Dunns as honest, hardworking and the epitome of what is good about harness racing. On the other hand, he has often accused the All Stars of team driving, intimated drug use and that they are BAD for harness racing. Now, we find that apart from Ms Rasmussen being charged with drug dealing, which I don't condone if it is true, the All Stars have nothing to do with this growing and alarming scandal. It is time to face the truth Brodie, the Dunns are not as squeaky clean as you led us to believe. The joke is on you. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDWHITEMAN Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 37 minutes ago, Newmarket said: Bring it out in the open, why are you so hell bent on trying to hide everything? Because his heroes the Dunns are involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just read the article, i have no problem with it, some of it is true, some of it could be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, OLDWHITEMAN said: Brodie is pissed because his heroes the Dunns are mixed up in this shocking debacle. He has always portrayed the Dunns as honest, hardworking and the epitome of what is good about harness racing. On the other hand, he has often accused the All Stars of team driving, intimated drug use and that they are BAD for harness racing. Now, we find that apart from Ms Rasmussen being charged with drug dealing, which I don't condone if it is true, the All Stars have nothing to do with this growing and alarming scandal. It is time to face the truth Brodie, the Dunns are not as squeaky clean as you led us to believe. The joke is on you. What a load of bollocks! I don’t see any benefit at all from this journo who you would think was meant to be a harness racing enthusiast! I portray most harness racing trainers as being very hardworking as it is not an industry that is easy to make money in! So you are saying that Blair Orange, Dexter Dunn , John Dunn, Nigel MaGrath etc. are not hardworking and the epitome of harness racing. These fellas work a lot longer in hours than any of you probably do and travel tens of thousands of miles per year just to make a living. I appreciate that they are under suspicion for fixing races which I don’t like either being a punter. I have personally spoken to each one of the accused men over the years to different degrees and can honestly say that every one of them I have found to be down to earth and very likeable. I do not think we should be castigating them at the moment until we know exactly what has been going on! I can take the heat from anyone on here because it does not affect my livelihood, however these men deserve to be heard before they are chucked under the bus!! I am in the minority on this I appreciate it, but for the good of the industry I beleive we should be going easy on it at this stage until the details are out, or we may have no harness industry in the years ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku Umanga Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, Newmarket said: Just read the article, i have no problem with it, some of it is true, some of it could be. Agreed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Yep, great way to keep,harness going by attracting new owners and punters!!! Way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poisoned Dwarf Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 On 6/09/2018 at 4:25 AM, Brodie said: Just read an article from the harness journalist Mat Kermeen who is a journalist for The Press I believe! What a load of disgusting writings that I find apalling being written by the harness journalist for The Press! I beleive this journo took over from Matt Markham who always did a good job. Why on earth would a supporter of harness racing want to write an article about HOW TO FIX A HARNESS RACE???????? With what is currently on why would someone who is meant to be a supporter for the good of harness racing want to write this NEGATIVE BS??? This fellah has obviously been taught by the same journo that wrote the gutter BS about young Bronson Munro! WAY TO GO Mat Kermeen, you are a real asset to be writing on behalf of harness racing! Keep up the great work and you will have no job writing about harness racing! Absolutely poor performance on your behalf, and I tell you now you will get no accolades from most harness racing supporters and I can clearly see why The Press readers are diminishing when they have gutter stories being written once again by their journos. Hang your head in shame as I think it was a totally disgusting article from someone who should be promoting harness racing rather than trying to KILL IT!!! AAAAGH Journalists are not supposed to be " promoting harness racing "---they are there to report " news " as it happens....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 23 minutes ago, Brodie said: Yep, great way to keep,harness going by attracting new owners and punters!!! Way to go! look at different way what are the people that have been charged doing for the sport promoting it???? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 22 minutes ago, Poisoned Dwarf said: Journalists are not supposed to be " promoting harness racing "---they are there to report " news " as it happens....... I think the news has already been reported. To write ways to actually fix races to the general public is blatantly over the top. So if there was a murder in Christchurch, would a journo write every way that you could murder someone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, wally said: look at different way what are the people that have been charged doing for the sport promoting it???? Innocent until proven guilty! I appreciate I am pushing it uphill with many on here, but what I will say is that these people have put a helluva lot into harness racing in this country and now they are having their teeth kicked in! Lets just wait until we see what has actually occurred would be best! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Brodie said: Innocent until proven guilty! I appreciate I am pushing it uphill with many on here, but what I will say is that these people have put a helluva lot into harness racing in this country and now they are having their teeth kicked in! Lets just wait until we see what has actually occurred would be best! correct they have put in a lot but also they bring the sport right down in one foul swoop if charge are proven so all there hard work will mean nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowornever Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Brodie said: I think the news has already been reported. To write ways to actually fix races to the general public is blatantly over the top. So if there was a murder in Christchurch, would a journo write every way that you could murder someone? New news everyday. Who knows how deep the rabbit hole goes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Brodie said: I think the news has already been reported. To write ways to actually fix races to the general public is blatantly over the top. So if there was a murder in Christchurch, would a journo write every way that you could murder someone? You spoke too soon Brodes, This guy got hit by a truck while running with a fistfull of notes from the Barrington TAB. Police are treating it as suspicious, as no TAB ever have cash to pay anyway? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globederby12 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Brodie said: Lets just wait until we see what has actually occurred would be best! Best thing you have uttered for a while. Your skin must be 1 mtr thick by now. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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