DAILY RECORD DAIZEN MAEDA STORY A “CLOSED LOOP” OF FALSEHOOD
- BY LIAM CARRIGAN
- 5 hours ago
- 2 min read
We all know that an international break is a time when football journalists, in Scotland and elsewhere are struggling for content to write about.
However, even so, I expect our print media, such as it is, to do better than just make up stories with no sources other than insinuation and clairvoyance.
The Daily Record Daizen Maeda story, which broke while I was asleep overnight here in Japan, is one such example of story, literally created from nothing. However, the story was subsequently shared around substantially, to the point where, earlier today, I noticed some Japanese news sites talking about it.
Daily Record Daizen Maeda Story’s Only Quoted Source is... The Daily Record
“Oh well, I guess it must be true then” was my initial thought. But this is the Daily Record we’re talking about. To say they have a bit of a reputation for being somewhat “economical with the truth” when it concerns Celtic, is being very generous.
So, I dug a little deeper. What I’ve found is what some media analysts refer to as a “closed loop” story.
First of all, I think we should all be a bit suspicious of a story that supposedly emerged from Japan at a time when most of the people here who don’t work on the nightshift were safely tucked up in bed.
As I said though, some Japanese outlets also ran their own versions of the story this afternoon.
However, in every Japanese version of this story I read the quoted source was either “The Daily Record” or “local media in Scotland”. The second term, in all likelihood, probably just means the Daily Record as well.
Do you see the problem here?
The Daily Record made up a story, which may or may not be true (personally I think it is quite likely Daizen will leave in January), they then shared it around, knowing that, in the fullness of time, Japanese media would pick it up, thereby creating the aforementioned “closed loop”.
The Daily Record invented a story that supposed emerged from “sources close to the player”. Then when sources in Japan start quoting the Record’s original story, not knowing the deceptive nature of Scottish sports journalism as we do, The Daily Record sports desk can then turn around and say “See! We told you! And even folk in Japan are talking about it so it must be true.”
It is, as I say all to often on here, yet another case of our mainstream sports media putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 1690.
Anything to unsettle Celtic, anything to create artificial optimism amongst their few remaining “loyal” readers.
Daizen Maeda might leave Celtic in January, he might not. Ultimately the Daily Record know as much about the current situation as you or I do. No amount of obfuscation or invention can change that.
Always remember everyone, if a story doesn’t have a directly attributed source, it’s probably a streaming pile of “you know what”.
