Is RL media dead?

11 hours ago, Tre Cool said:

Your use of the word inclusive in this context is a childish dig.

In the context it was used it was absolutely correct. 

1 hour ago, Gav Wilson said:

In the context it was used it was absolutely correct. 

No it wasn't, inclusive of race, gender and sexuality is not the same as inclusive of some rando having a go at them on the internet

12 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

Please clarify. I have no idea what you mean

You're comparing their efforts at raising awareness about lgbtq inclusivity with blocking some idiot having a go at them on the internet. That's childish.

On 19/04/2024 at 13:53, The Blues Ox said:

Most of the stuff I see is just click bait trash, even Matt Shaw who has been decent in the past has started going down the click bait route recently. The people who will come out of it with credit will be the people willing to put in the work now for when the algos change in the next year or so and will narrow down the click bait from the articles that people actually read and will no doubt punish the sites in the rankings and in their pockets running cash for clicks schemes.

Shaw has been poor for a while. He was one of the main instigators of the appalling pile on of referee Marcus Griffiths last season when he wrote a dreadful article basically supporting the coach and then tried to pretend he hadn’t when the proverbial, hit the fan and the referee received death threats etc. He now seems to “announce” exclusive transfer or contract news approximately 15 seconds before the formal announcement 

2 hours ago, Tre Cool said:

You're comparing their efforts at raising awareness about lgbtq inclusivity with blocking some idiot having a go at them on the internet. That's childish.

You have chosen to call me childish and now an idiot to try to make your point. I'm pretty sure you can't see the irony in that. 

Inclusivity comes in all forms and you can't pick and chose what you want to be inclusive about. Blocking people you disagree with by it's very nature is not inclusive. In the context I said it it was correct. By the way I absolutely admire the work Keighley do in raising awareness of LGBTQ issues but equally find their attitude to other things completely bizarre. 

35 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

You have chosen to call me childish and now an idiot to try to make your point. I'm pretty sure you can't see the irony in that. 

Inclusivity comes in all forms and you can't pick and chose what you want to be inclusive about. Blocking people you disagree with by it's very nature is not inclusive. In the context I said it it was correct. By the way I absolutely admire the work Keighley do in raising awareness of LGBTQ issues but equally find their attitude to other things completely bizarre. 

Unless you're a persecuted minority, and not just someone having a dig at them on the internet it's not remotely comparible. What was your wording exactly? Hugely respectfully put im sure.

5 minutes ago, Tre Cool said:

Unless you're a persecuted minority, and not just someone having a dig at them on the internet it's not remotely comparible. What was your wording exactly? Hugely respectfully put im sure.

OK you've made your point. Calling someone childish and an idiot is hardly saying something respectfully but maybe that's just me. 

2 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

OK you've made your point. Calling someone childish and an idiot is hardly saying something respectfully but maybe that's just me. 

I wasn't trying to be respectful 

Partly our own fault - the paucity of International games lowers our profile…

Who is going to pay for all this RL journalism?

12 hours ago, Tre Cool said:

I wasn't trying to be respectful 

I can see that.

Traditional media is on life support.

My mam and Dad still buy newspapers. MEN, Mirror and Daily Mail.

They're both 60. Newspapers will die before they do.

The Super League round is complete, resulting in ZERO articles at The Guardian.

9 hours ago, JohnM said:

Who is going to pay for all this RL journalism?

Good question but the current model based on clicks and cutting corners using AI to write articles is surely not sustainable?

2 hours ago, RigbyLuger said:

The Super League round is complete, resulting in ZERO articles at The Guardian.

How does this compare with other sites? My feeling is we're close to zero articles across all the former broadsheets, slightly better in the legacy tabloids.

The Halifax Courier used to have a Rugby League correspondent these days it has a “sports” correspondent which basically means we get none stop reporting about FC Halifax Town taking their side in the continuing controversy over the state of the pitch.

The correspondent is a self confessed FC Halifax Town fan which, in my opinion doesn’t absolve him from not taking a neutral stance 

57 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

How does this compare with other sites? My feeling is we're close to zero articles across all the former broadsheets, slightly better in the legacy tabloids.

I don't even think to check the Times or Telegraph as I may as well do something else to waste time. 

1 hour ago, Phil said:

The Halifax Courier used to have a Rugby League correspondent these days it has a “sports” correspondent which basically means we get none stop reporting about FC Halifax Town taking their side in the continuing controversy over the state of the pitch.

The correspondent is a self confessed FC Halifax Town fan which, in my opinion doesn’t absolve him from not taking a neutral stance 

A lot of local media seems to be like this tense day. Unfortunately. 

I note in Cricket, which the BBC and sky cover a lot, they seem to provide broadcasters with ready made articles from their own reporting service. 

Do we do this? If nothing else it could free up the few remaining RL journos to focus on non-match report type content.

On 21/04/2024 at 10:01, RigbyLuger said:

The Super League round is complete, resulting in ZERO articles at The Guardian.

Wonder if this has anything to do with Aaron Bower running the London Marathon this weekend ?

On 21/04/2024 at 13:24, RigbyLuger said:

I don't even think to check the Times or Telegraph as I may as well do something else to waste time. 

Still get The Times on a Saturday and Sunday for the supplements. However the sports sections are now completely devoid of RL coverage. I thought it was bad when there'd be a small match report and no photo. Now it might as well not exist. Could only laugh when it described Andy Farrell as `born to lead the Lions' . 

On 21/04/2024 at 12:33, Phil said:

The Halifax Courier used to have a Rugby League correspondent these days it has a “sports” correspondent which basically means we get none stop reporting about FC Halifax Town taking their side in the continuing controversy over the state of the pitch.

The correspondent is a self confessed FC Halifax Town fan which, in my opinion doesn’t absolve him from not taking a neutral stance 

Its the same in Doncaster. The Free Press cover mostly Doncaster Rovers (although, the Dons media department do try their hardest to get stuff out there), and the Dons match reports in the same paper are done by the same guy who has written them for about 40 years, and he retired from the Doncaster Star at least 10 years ago.