Gentlemen, I think this is the classic case of the media thinking that they were going to be in the rare position of having articles write themselves for the next 15 years about the greatness of MM...only he's ....... up their agreed upon narrative of greatness...and it's far easier to blame the bike than to admit their acts of fellatio on MM are being wasted in year 3.
Jum, you're fond of the MotoWWF analogy, but part of that is made possible by the media helping to further that agenda since everyone fears losing their golden goose in the form of MM. And for a motorsport journalist, the thing they fear more than death, is finding their media credentials were denied, thus sending them out to wander in the desert for the next 40 years searching for the promised land.
