Have Sky pulled a story critical of Ecclestone trial?
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- 15th December 2013, 23:49 at 11:49 pm #134058Keith CollantineKeymaster
While catching up on the new today I came across a like to a Sky story which seems to have disappeared. The link text read “Martin Brundle claims Ecclestone’s ongoing battle is making F1 ‘look…” and linked here:
That now gives a 404. However the article which used to be there can still be seen in Google’s cache:
As far as I’ve seen there’s no mention on their site why the story has been deleted.
16th December 2013, 0:38 at 12:38 am #247524CalumParticipantThat’s pretty cool how you can still retrieve the article. I didn’t know that was possible!
16th December 2013, 1:24 at 1:24 am #247525toiagoParticipantMaybe Ecclestone bribed them forcing them to delete the story!
16th December 2013, 4:06 at 4:06 am #24752616th December 2013, 5:46 at 5:46 am #247527Joe PappParticipantSuggest someone take a screenshot of that article ASAP, as I checked the Wayback Machine and they didn’t capture it:
led to:
http://web.archive.org/web/20131214075713/http://www1.skysports.com/opt/docroot/skysports/404.php
Knowing FOM, they will get Google cache to delete it (or it will be deleted) shortly.
Wonder what FOM/BE objected to? The “grubby” description or Brundle saying he’d call BE in an emergency??
16th December 2013, 7:25 at 7:25 am #247529andae23ParticipantSo.. how long before this forum thread magically gets deleted? ;)
16th December 2013, 7:39 at 7:39 am #24753016th December 2013, 8:55 at 8:55 am #247531Joe PappParticipantCheers, @Todd / @braketurnaccelerate ! Thx for doing that. I saved a copy and will also abuse social media w/ it ;)
16th December 2013, 9:13 at 9:13 am #247532Prisoner MonkeysParticipantI’m guessing the story might have been killed on the advice of Sky’s lawyers. Reporting on ongoing legal cases is always a tricky area. The relationship between Sky and FOM makes that an even more difficult prospect. Discretion is the better part of valour, so Sky probably decided to remove the story.
16th December 2013, 9:15 at 9:15 am #247533OptimaximalParticipantMirrored my own copy at AwesomeScreenshot – http://awesomescreenshot.com/06823j1i68
:)
16th December 2013, 9:32 at 9:32 am #247534Joe PappParticipant@optimaximal you’ve got to install an adblocker like @braketurnaccelerate has! (of course turn it off though for f1fanatic.co.uk so @keithcollantine can pay for the server!! :)
Trying to insert the screen shot here…
16th December 2013, 16:55 at 4:55 pm #247535Iestyn DaviesParticipantI think the article is actually quite complimentary on Ecclestone, providing some insight into his relationship with Brundle. The glowing character reference rather overwhelms the charge of bribery! But I can understand why the article was pulled. It’s no secret Sky are considering trying to take over the world feed etc. from Ecclestone/FOM. And to be honest, it’s not as if the ringleader of the sport being accused of bribery is going to be a positive marketing opportunity for the sport, is it? I think the title is justified – look at what all the recent prosecutions (and the hefty financial bailout/subsequent great depression) have done for the perception of banking!
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