We’ve been wondering for a while how the whole Stab Magazine Tales of A Fucking Jew Mick Fanning story came about. Today the writer Charlie Smith was kind enough to recount his side on the Stab Magazine site.
The events of Saturday night, December 12, have taken on an apocryphal glow. I had been invited to Mick Fanning’s celebration at the Rip Curl house by Rip Curl’s international media manager Dane Sharp. I was introduced to surfing journalist Tim Baker. Tim and I talked for some time. He explained to me that he did not enjoy what I did. Said that it was too negative and the point of surfing is a positive communal experience. He also did not like that I had written that Mick Fanning was boring and asked if I had ever met Mick. I answered no. He told me that Mick is a great guy and I should meet him. Mick was standing near and alone. Tim went over and I followed. Mick was angry and called me a fucking Jew. I was dragged out of the house by security.
This is only the first paragraph. If you believe you have an opinion on the topic, please read the rest.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
This is how spin is done, people. Gold. Stab should become a public relations firm.
Well said. And Donald, while it may be spin, what was said in the first instance was bloody stupid. Not that stupidity in itself isn’t prevalent in the media, but y’know, if we don’t like it, we don’t have to read it.
If “athletes” wish to enjoy the financial benefits of being in the public eye they should be prepared to face the consequences that come with being an asshole.
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