The perfect fumble
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This is revealing.....
As is the way with Twitter, Collymore was hit by a backlash, leading to him posting a follow-up tweet: “The amount of overt racism, disrespect and indifference towards Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity Britons is in my opinion at its highest since my childhood. Sad times.”
As he journeys to Burton-on-Trent, I ask Collymore whether he stands by that statement. His response does not answer the question but it is gripping nonetheless and sets the tone for our conversation:
Gripping was it? How fascinating, why then did the journalist give him a pass on not answering the question? He gave him a pass because Collymore's response was real click bait heaven, full of distraction and evasion, he even used the word "negro"! Stan's always good for a headline, problem is that's all he's good for.
As is the way with Twitter, Collymore was hit by a backlash, leading to him posting a follow-up tweet: “The amount of overt racism, disrespect and indifference towards Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity Britons is in my opinion at its highest since my childhood. Sad times.”
As he journeys to Burton-on-Trent, I ask Collymore whether he stands by that statement. His response does not answer the question but it is gripping nonetheless and sets the tone for our conversation:
Gripping was it? How fascinating, why then did the journalist give him a pass on not answering the question? He gave him a pass because Collymore's response was real click bait heaven, full of distraction and evasion, he even used the word "negro"! Stan's always good for a headline, problem is that's all he's good for.