RST: response to a discredited journalist

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In recent months the Rangers Supporters Trust has watched with interest whilst a one-time respected journalist from a low volume news program has waded into the events surrounding our club. Initially it was hoped that an external award winning journalist would bring an objectivity to the story which would assist those who seek the truth as to what has transpired at one of the world's most famous football clubs.

 

Unfortunately that has not been the case. Since becoming involved, the journalist in question has on two separate occasions mocked the deaths of 66 Rangers fans in the Ibrox disaster. He has also wasted the time of Strathclyde Police with spurious complaints of threats, which originated from a parody Twitter account. In this time he has failed to add anything of substance to the Rangers story, apart from claiming exclusives which have been weeks, and in one case months behind his Scottish counterparts.

 

If threats have indeed been made then we condemn them without reservation. It is unacceptable that innocent people should be made to feel vulnerable or have their families safety jeopardised in any way. Misguided individuals who think they are defending Rangers in this way need to realise that they are the stick used to beat the club and their fellow fans.

 

What has become clear is that his involvement in Scottish Football is purely to antagonise and provoke. He has made some Münchausen style unsubstantiated allegations regarding Rangers fans, for which he now requires a reaction from our support to prove. The Rangers Supporters Trust would urge all supporters to be aware of his intentions and not give him the reaction he craves. We find it quite sad to watch a one-time highly respected, award winning journalist, systematically destroy his credibility. He has become a parody of himself and should be pitied rather than mocked as he seems to be enduring some kind of very public breakdown.

 

The Rangers support has been nothing short of incredible in recent months and that will no doubt continue.

 

http://www.rangerssupporterstrust.co.uk/item/respected-journalist-discrediting-his-own-reputation.html

[gisabeer 409]

I ask again. What evidence does Mr Thompson have that the alleged callers were Rangers supporters.

[aweebluesoandso 290]

Should have named and shamed him in that statement imo.