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The illusion of the soccer journalist as 'expert'

Reading Jamie Cutteridge's fascinating EFW interview with Mirror soccer scribe Oliver Holt, you're reminded how the Internet is slowly ebbing away at the authoritative "aura" of the full-time print journalist.

Holt you'll remember received a lot of attention for the way he dealt with Rio Ferdinand's direct Twitter message, in which the Manchester United defender called him a "fat prick" in making reference to the latter's famous missed drugs test in the 03-04 season.

Read the full article at A More Splendid Life.

A More Splendid Life @ Jun 27, 2011 11:40 AM EDT | Blog Profile

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