Another article of significance to this issue was posted on The Daily Telegraph’s website on 31 August 2010. The article, written by Jessica Halloran portrays how the voting scandal would affect Australia’s credentials from our perspective. If Australia were not voted in as the eventual hosts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Football Association would have “gambled” away $45.6 million. Gambling is archetypal with this territory. Any international sporting event is involved in controversy sometime throughout its history. However, the bid is seemingly still in Australia’s favour, as FFA CEO Ben Buckley has said, “It was a very positive response from the delegation, we are certainly cautiously confident (of winning).”
One reader’s comments on this particular story caught my eye significantly. The manner in which they criticised the journalist was somewhat harsh, and perhaps, uncalled for.
“The reporter of this story is either very naïve or very stupid, I imagine if it was an Australian acting as head…that person would vote for Australia…”
This indicates the power of citizen journalism, allowing for the audience to voice their own opinion, however unnecessary their comments may be. In the end, of course, the reader is right. If a representative of a country in the running for the bid is within FIFA ranks, they will undoubtedly be bias towards their home.
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