Did I start the twitter war? Did I orchestrate the verbal altercation? Did I write the articles in the British press?
No, No and No.
I'm simply highlighting what people want to read as any newpspaper editor. Got to the Independent and what is #1 in their athletics site:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/It's Farah's spat with Vernon.
At the Guardian and Telegraph sites, the spats is also higher up than the race.
I'm not sure what you are getting at.
What exactly is my agenda?
I would say my agenda is to cover the world of running and give running fans interesting stuff to read.
We aren't a 'tabloid'. Far from it. We have a paid staff that wrote 6,600+ words recapping the Diamond League action yesterday. 6,600 words. Please tell me who else in the world came close to that.
It's not my fault that more than 3 x as many people are currently reading the this thread than our women's recap (more people are reading the men's recap than this thread). Thtat's just what people are interested in.
Do you want us to go back to the days of the 1920s when the press just looked the other ways when sports figures and politicians had affairs, late night esacapades, etc.
So I should censor this entire site and block anyone on the messageboard from linking to mention of the vernon/farah spat?