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A couple of minutes in the cyclingnews forums and I feel dirty. It's juvenile, incredibly partisan and distinctly anti-Sky. More over the moderation team are largely of the same ilk and posters that go against the over-riding 'everyone is doping' narrative are heavily censured and banned, while really unpleasant characters that troll regularly are free to bully and mock. It really is a cesspit. That nugget about Porte comes from there.
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The vitriol against Cavendish was just horrible to see.
My disbelieving reply after a particularly deluded comment that Cavendish had his collarbone broken after the crash in the hospital to gain sympathy after causing the crash was moderated out.
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Theres trolls and bullies on every forum.
Personally I don't think there should be moderation at all, except for obvious stuff, CP, Gore, Extremism et al.
I haven't looked on that forum tho
Acliff
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He's not making friends
Cyclingnews approached Dave Brailsford for comment outside the Team Sky bus and for a rare moment at this Tour he appeared willing to talk as Eurosport raised their cameras. However, the excitement was short-lived.
When Cyclingnews and a second journalist from another respected publication indicated that they wanted to be party to the Team Sky principal’s musings, Brailsford made clear, and in no uncertain terms, that he would not only refuse to answer our questions but that we were not allowed to record the Eurosport interview. The interchange ended when Cyclingnews asked if we could record the piece. “No,” replied Brailsford. “Hey, I’m fucking telling you now,” he added.