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In the MaltaToday, I wish the sports section to be not just results and game reviews. As these subjects are important, I also see the need to report and ask people why teams are playing well and also why teams are in crisis. There is a reason behind everything.
As the report shows you on page 43, I was refused a interview from the president of one of Malta’s biggest football teams, Floriana, with a very impressive history.
I don’t ask stupid questions, I ask questions based on fact and on what information I gather. The questions I asked Mr Tony Zahra are already answered on the Floriana website were he attacked his players on the way they are playing. I just wanted him to elaborate more on what he said.
Mr Zahra has every right not to be satisfied with the way things are going, as a lot of money is being invested. That is why I wanted our readers to read of what he had to say.
And yes, I have the right as a journalist and as a spectator to have a opinion in saying a team is going to be relegated. I don’t need presidents telling me that “I am crazy” and “you will see at the end of the year.”
I am not going to back down or shy away from anybody that yells at me on the telephone. As my fellow journalists report as reporting should be done, I shall do the same.
In being a president or a director of a team, I believe you are obliged to answer questions that journalists ask. As a minister answers the questions of a journalist, so should a team president be there to answer the questions of a sports journalist. The fans have the right to know what is happening behind the results.
sports@mediatoday.com.mt
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