This is a really good read/expose, into 'journalist' Fabrizio Romano...
sportingintelligence832.substack.com
Some excerpts:
'Khashoggi was killed and dismembered with a bone saw in Istanbul, by an MBS hit squad, before his remains were incinerated in a barbecue pit.
(Read the US intelligence files on this case for more details, if you can stomach them. The 15-man hit squad were flown to Turkey and back from Saudi Arabia in a private plane, which, by the way, was later used by Newcastle United for warm weather training trips, since Newcastle have effectively become owned by Saudi Arabia via the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the PIF).'
'An actual journalist, with any scintilla of credibility, would have reported that Atsu was alive according to whoever provided that information. But Romano instead stated as fact that Atsu was alive, and in recent days I’ve been told that his family took hope from this declaration from an “authorative” source.
In reality, Romano’s reporting of Atsu being alive was empty bullshit, circulated widely without any checks.
Romano was tragically and categorically wrong, but the fact that he posted it to millions of followers (with ZERO mention of his supposed source, which turned out to be false) gave false hope to the player’s family.'
"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano
The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media
sportingintelligence832.substack.com
Some excerpts:
'Khashoggi was killed and dismembered with a bone saw in Istanbul, by an MBS hit squad, before his remains were incinerated in a barbecue pit.
(Read the US intelligence files on this case for more details, if you can stomach them. The 15-man hit squad were flown to Turkey and back from Saudi Arabia in a private plane, which, by the way, was later used by Newcastle United for warm weather training trips, since Newcastle have effectively become owned by Saudi Arabia via the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the PIF).'
'An actual journalist, with any scintilla of credibility, would have reported that Atsu was alive according to whoever provided that information. But Romano instead stated as fact that Atsu was alive, and in recent days I’ve been told that his family took hope from this declaration from an “authorative” source.
In reality, Romano’s reporting of Atsu being alive was empty bullshit, circulated widely without any checks.
Romano was tragically and categorically wrong, but the fact that he posted it to millions of followers (with ZERO mention of his supposed source, which turned out to be false) gave false hope to the player’s family.'
