#TennisJournalism: biased, hateful, relentless. I dare you to prove that any player gets more negative press. It's not his fans; it's YOU. How many 👎🏻 "stories" or commentaries have been published on #Djokovic (& co) since the lockdown? Here are some Thread 1/14 @Mike_Dickson_DM https://twitter.com/CristinaNcl/status/1264320846367281153
2/14 @girinathan "dumb shit"
3/14 @tumcarayol - "no-vaxx" "spiritual" "dangerous"
4/14 the Guardian had 2 negative stories on Nole the same day
5/14 then they went after his wife... the next day!
6/14 Then, while Novak came up with a donation plan to try to raise money to help lower ranked players, did they praise him for that? NOPE! They found people to "argue against" it.
7/14 While Novak wasn't the only tennis player who was seen practicing, many articles came out accusing him of breaking rules (even though the tennis club said it was their fault)
8/14 On May 7th they doubled down on their attack of Novak's "worldview" and calling him "dangerous" with tweets and t.v. shows by @TennisChannel and @BenRothenberg
9/14 @simonrbriggs had to pipe in, calling the world #1 a "crank" and various other insults
10/14 They continued to publish various stories about how Djokovic's plan to help lower ranked players was "opposed"
11/14 Then, right around Mother's Day, they went after his mom on @TennisChannel - ignoring all the things she said about her son & their struggles to launch his tennis career, to "slam" her for ONE comment about the Untouchable One.
12/14 She didn't just comment on "he who shall never be spoken of negatively," she also prays (gasp!) and carries "too much cash"!
13/14 this got boring, so after Rothenberg did a podcast with more derision of Djokovic's "worldview" and "fans", his buddy @girinathan decided to insult the "army" of Djokovic fans, calling them animals and "rabid."
14/14 Today this continues, full circle, with a "wrap up" piece by Dickson of all the negative things he could think of. And they say we're rabid... #Djokovic #TennisJournalism
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