Toby Moody is p***ed. I don't blame him.(shanghai)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Jun 8 2008, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>cant find this on here had a quick search bit off old news 1st time i seen it

Stoner jumped at the casual question brusquely snapping that Lorenzo was perfectly alright. "Are you kidding me?" he said, lifting a lip. "He's perfectly OK. He qualified in fourth position, for crying out loud."
Fair point, I thought. Stoner's the rider, not me. He's seen Lorenzo out there on the race track, not me from my view, 100 feet up in the Shanghai commentary box with TV screens and a grand vista for comfort.
He had been in a mood and was now vexed with me, but all I did was ask a cool, calm and rational question. But what then arrived was pretty stunning.
"It's all an act, all this rolling around in the gravel trap for five minutes, y'know?" he snapped with the eyes fixed, the lip still turned. "They've got him in a wheelchair and they're pushing him around the paddock. It's all a joke ..."
I interrupted that I'd only asked a simple question to a MotoGP rider, stressing that I had (unfortunately) never ridden a MotoGP bike and so was asking someone far more experienced than me. A World Champion, no less.
At this point LAT photographer Martin Heath was taking photos and caught the moment with me pointing out the simplicity of the question. One question. You can see the results here:

The 22-year-old continued to have a bit of a rant.
I am pretty hard to offend and will move on pretty quickly with things like this, but as my colleague Julian Ryder will attest, it bugged me for the rest of the weekend. But can you even begin to imagine what Jorge Lorenzo will think when he hears that 'It was all an act'?

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT...UNBELIEVABLE STORY...STRANGELY IT DOES NOT SURPRISE ME. STONER SEEMS TO GET PISSED EVERY SATURDAY DURING QUALIFYING AT SOMEONE.
WINNING DEFINITELY GOT TO HIS HEAD, AND IF HE DOES NOT CHILL OUT, HE WILL NOT LAST. AS FAR AS HE ROSE TO TEH TOP, HE WILL GO TO THE BOTTOM.

Interesting.

This is the first time I have seen anything written or attributed to Moody and I see no hint of quality journalist in that which appears from the link.

Instead (and yes my eyes may be coloured a little) I see a piece of text where the writer has allowed his personal feelings to invade what could or should have been an even level headed piece. What I read is rampant favouring of specific riders clouding the judgement of another.

What would be interesting is to locate a recording of said interview in order to hear the full conversation. I note that on the webpage the full interview is not reproduced which does beg questions as to what the full context of the interview had been.

Had the interview been one of accusations or leading questions by the journalist?

When was this conducted in terms of CS's time (ie. after poor race, after poor practice etc).

It is a funny thing how we as the public take the written word as gospel truth when a slight misquote here or there makes a better headline (not suggesting that, just wondering). I woudl be much happier to hear the interview before jumping to conclusions.

But, with that said I recall reading somewhere that it was not only CS making comments along these lines either, where is the report on that allegation.

So, to the genuine posters. Is Moody highly regarded within the journalistic world?





Garry

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gaz @ Jun 9 2008, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Interesting.

This is the first time I have seen anything written or attributed to Moody and I see no hint of quality journalist in that which appears from the link.

Instead (and yes my eyes may be coloured a little) I see a piece of text where the writer has allowed his personal feelings to invade what could or should have been an even level headed piece. What I read is rampant favouring of specific riders clouding the judgement of another.

What would be interesting is to locate a recording of said interview in order to hear the full conversation. I note that on the webpage the full interview is not reproduced which does beg questions as to what the full context of the interview had been.

Had the interview been one of accusations or leading questions by the journalist?

When was this conducted in terms of CS's time (ie. after poor race, after poor practice etc).

It is a funny thing how we as the public take the written word as gospel truth when a slight misquote here or there makes a better headline (not suggesting that, just wondering). I woudl be much happier to hear the interview before jumping to conclusions.

But, with that said I recall reading somewhere that it was not only CS making comments along these lines either, where is the report on that allegation.

So, to the genuine posters. Is Moody highly regarded within the journalistic world?





Garry
you make some good points, i would also like to hear a recording of this or have some official acknowledgement that this was said, but that aint likely to happen.
to answer your question, yes toby is very respected.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (xx CURVE xx @ Jun 9 2008, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gaz @ Jun 9 2008, 03:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Interesting.

This is the first time I have seen anything written or attributed to Moody and I see no hint of quality journalist in that which appears from the link.

Instead (and yes my eyes may be coloured a little) I see a piece of text where the writer has allowed his personal feelings to invade what could or should have been an even level headed piece. What I read is rampant favouring of specific riders clouding the judgement of another.

What would be interesting is to locate a recording of said interview in order to hear the full conversation. I note that on the webpage the full interview is not reproduced which does beg questions as to what the full context of the interview had been.

Had the interview been one of accusations or leading questions by the journalist?

When was this conducted in terms of CS's time (ie. after poor race, after poor practice etc).

It is a funny thing how we as the public take the written word as gospel truth when a slight misquote here or there makes a better headline (not suggesting that, just wondering). I woudl be much happier to hear the interview before jumping to conclusions.

But, with that said I recall reading somewhere that it was not only CS making comments along these lines either, where is the report on that allegation.

So, to the genuine posters. Is Moody highly regarded within the journalistic world?

This is exactly what I thought. For all I know the ...... made it all up. The first clue is when the guys said he was just asking an innocent question, just one...blabla bla. .... this guy, if you want me to believe anything you got then have a few independent professionals at your side, otherwise it become he said she said. Maybe Casey stole this dude's girlfriend in the past.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jun 10 2008, 08:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This is exactly what I thought. For all I know the ...... made it all up. The first clue is when the guys said he was just asking an innocent question, just one...blabla bla. .... this guy, if you want me to believe anything you got then have a few independent professionals at your side, otherwise it become he said she said. Maybe Casey stole this dude's girlfriend in the past.


Toby and Casey have a little bit of history if my memory serves me correct.
Toby took him to task in 2006 about all the crashes that he was having and Stoner took exception to it. Regardless it was a stupid thing to say and there is no excuse for it.
I read all of Toby's articles after each GP and unbiased he isn't. But I think they all have their favorite riders.
Great commentator none the less.

So, some guy writes about a "supposed" conversation said to happen at Shanghai and it's now the gospel truth?
What a load of ........! He should have put it in the local gossip magazine next to Brad and Angelina's story about how they were abducted by aliens and she now carries a martian baby/twins/triplets.
I know most people who hate Stoner like to talk ........, but can we at least get these stories from somewhere half credible, not a Bautista fan's blog. Oh, that's right, Bautista is Spanish and so is Lorenzo.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Son of Doohan @ Jun 21 2008, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>So, some guy writes about a "supposed" conversation said to happen at Shanghai and it's now the gospel truth?
What a load of ........! He should have put it in the local gossip magazine next to Brad and Angelina's story about how they were abducted by aliens and she now carries a martian baby/twins/triplets.
I know most people who hate Stoner like to talk ........, but can we at least get these stories from somewhere half credible, not a Bautista fan's blog. Oh, that's right, Bautista is Spanish and so is Lorenzo.

I have to agree ..... to me Julian Ryder and Toby Moody seemed to be two of the first guys on the Stoner bandwagon last year .....

wasn't Toby one of the guys who defended Stoner when the fans got sooky with him at Donnington last year? ....

Hahaha ..... pommies .... they hate Aussies ........ something about missing a free ticket on a boat to a Pacific Island hideaway I think

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (basspete @ Jun 8 2008, 10:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>IMO Stoner is an amazing rider, but he is getting his head ...... by the others, and by himself. He does not seem to be able to accept defeat. Say hello to the new Fast Freddy/Lil John.

Its actually not a bad thing, it makes for good tv.... i'm eargery waiting for another Rossi/Sete Jerez mini episode