So I've been really good about not coming on here to rant and rave about Kimi and F1. I figure pre-season ranting/raving is useless, we'll just see what happens on the track in Albert Park come this weekend and then we can lay down a more solid opinion. Yup, F1 is starting this weekend - Australian GP is this Sunday, I am really excited to see Kimi back on an F1 track racing an F1 car - it just feels right y'know.
But anyways, that's really not the point of this post. As the title suggests, it's how the F1 media like to put words in Kimi's mouth. I don't doubt they like to do that in general not only in F1 but in most 'journalistic' interviews. However, Kimi seems to be a particular target of all this. It's probably cos he's so light on the commentary but that really doesn't excuse some of the crap I've seen attributed to have been said by him.
Example of the day - the headlines re:Kimi Raikkonen making the rounds is, "Raikkonen Feeling Confident", "Raikkonen Expects Strong Opener" and goes on to detail that Kimi himself has said that he's practically going to be putting the E20 on the podium this weekend. They are just setting him up for failure if this doesn't happen. Readying the "comeback failure" headlines.
I was watching the Top Gear interview from which this supposed information was derived from. All he said is the car, E20, was looking good, it looked strong. When asked how he thought he would fare there, he simply mentioned that he hopes he and the rest of the team do well, without encountering any major issues.
So really, why can't sports journalist, in particular those who portend to cover Formula 1, just report things as they are. It's really annoying to read untruthful headlines. I also do get irritated when I see facts are wrong. Fact-check people or don't write an "official" article!
Ok, rant over :D
But anyways, that's really not the point of this post. As the title suggests, it's how the F1 media like to put words in Kimi's mouth. I don't doubt they like to do that in general not only in F1 but in most 'journalistic' interviews. However, Kimi seems to be a particular target of all this. It's probably cos he's so light on the commentary but that really doesn't excuse some of the crap I've seen attributed to have been said by him.
Example of the day - the headlines re:Kimi Raikkonen making the rounds is, "Raikkonen Feeling Confident", "Raikkonen Expects Strong Opener" and goes on to detail that Kimi himself has said that he's practically going to be putting the E20 on the podium this weekend. They are just setting him up for failure if this doesn't happen. Readying the "comeback failure" headlines.
I was watching the Top Gear interview from which this supposed information was derived from. All he said is the car, E20, was looking good, it looked strong. When asked how he thought he would fare there, he simply mentioned that he hopes he and the rest of the team do well, without encountering any major issues.
So really, why can't sports journalist, in particular those who portend to cover Formula 1, just report things as they are. It's really annoying to read untruthful headlines. I also do get irritated when I see facts are wrong. Fact-check people or don't write an "official" article!
Ok, rant over :D
