Latest innuendos against Inter

[A.l.i]

These are exactly the type of bullshit stories/articles that defame Inter. Specially do wonders to how a "popcorn football fan" thinks. Its fucking annoying.

 

[Ehsan]

I dont see how we wont win a defamation case?

The article itself is very tame... other sources which took it and ran with it later made it more offensive. For example RAI TV has been talking about it all day, and Goal.com's headline was "Inter ROCKED by SCANDAL".

The original article is here: http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=324769

It basically talks about a report which is being filed. This 'report' in turn is saying that Inter fixed matches. The newspaper itself never attempts to point fingers, but merely "report" what the report says.

It's not that we can't win a defamation case, but there's not much to pursue here. The journalist can always claim immunity to his sources, and a report doesn't need to be produced. If they do need to show it, then it can easily be faked.

Even when you consider the ownership of the paper, there are little loopholes. Berlusconi owns Fininvest who owns Milan... but before you can claim conflict of interest, you will notice that he doesn't own Il Giornale. He actually sold it to his brother in the nineties. We know that doesn't make a difference, especially with all the Pro-Berlusconi propoganda they spew during the elections. But legally, Silvio and his brother are independent people.

The only good thing I see is how quickly people in Italy are on to this sham. Inter fans were quick to quash these reports in online forums, and the rest of the Italian media was very careful not to spread false accusations.

Let's see what they come up with tomorrow. A lot has happened today and Milan's abuzz right now, so I expect a continuation of this story.

 

[La Bling]

I don't action is taken either way. Its a ludicrous story. At the very end of last season it was reported that this Brescia man was having sneaky calls with Mancini. Didn't hear much about that.
I also doubt that Moratti will take any action. I think you have to just draw as little attention as possible to the situation, and a lawsuit doesn't do that.

 

[Handoyo]

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!

Why worry about what the popcorn fans think of us? They're idiots anyway, why would you want the support & approval of idiots?