Few things could quash the unimaginable high of winning your first-ever Olympic medal — but being meticulously cropped out of media coverage and inadvertently surrendering all the attention to your diving partner would certainly qualify as one of them.
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That’s the very odd plight facing Great Britain’s Daniel Goodfellow today — after winning a bronze medal alongside media favorite Tom Daley in the men’s synchronized 10m platform event on Monday evening.
Photo editors at The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, and The Daily Express all-too eagerly clicked into the Tools section to effectively crop the handsome athlete out of the picture, while writers vaguely referred to Goodfellow as Daley’s “synchronized partner” as duly noted by The Media Blog and various flummoxed Twitterers:
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Congrats to Tom Daley (and his synchro partner Dan Goodfellow, who seems to be getting cropped out of the story): pic.twitter.com/DEizCZT14s
— The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) August 8, 2016
Tuesday’s Daily Express back page:
Daley leaves it late#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #diving #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/395mKATxvi— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) August 8, 2016
Come on papers two people trained hard to win that medal. Poor form #Rio2016 #diving #bronze https://t.co/wHI0vUhcn7
— Rogan Thomson (@roganthomson) August 8, 2016
Congratulations are in order – BUT Imagine if your parents named you ‘synchronised partner’ I’d be so pissed ? pic.twitter.com/D210xzEsVL
— Jeanette Kwakye (@JNETTEKWAKYE) August 8, 2016
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As The Guardian reports, the Times‘ sports editor blamed the oversight on tight deadlines and promised to rectify the misstep in later editions of the paper. But is it enough to satisfy Gabby?
Come on @thetimes you can do better than this, won’t take long to change ‘synchronised partner’ to Dan Goodfellow. https://t.co/seGtNSBSOU
— Gabby Logan (@GabbyLogan) August 8, 2016
@GabbyLogan plus I’ve seen a lot of tv interviews before and after with Tom but a lot fewer with Dan. Do papers deserve different treatment?
— ALEX KAY-JELSKI (@AlexKJTimes) August 8, 2016
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Then there’s mom. Goodfellow’s mother is far from pleased and has taken to Twitter to express her consternation:
@suttonnick I am very surprised by this photo. Is it for real? I am Dan’s mum
— Sharon Goodfellow (@goodfellowshar1) August 8, 2016
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Yeah but Dan ultimately wins by being hawter and less pygmy marmoset looking
http://i1.wp.com/fingermonkey.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/pygmy-marmoset.jpg
Kangol
When Tom Daley appeared onscreen yesterday all I thought was, the editors at Queerty are probably have multiple uncontrolled orgasms and exploding like the character “Chicken Lady” from Kids in the Hall! I hope you guys are recovering OK! LOL
redcarpet30
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: Uh speak for yourself qween. I think his partner is sexier. But tom’s gayer so he wins by default.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
^Yeah but your chance of bumping uglies with either of them is equally zero so why not fantasise about the one you admittedly find “sexier” and leave the virtue signalling PC bullshit out of it, non?
ShowMeGuy
Clearly, the British news media has a shameless boner for Tom Daley.
Mainline American media outlets have done a great job including BOTH members of the synchronized diving teams of Great Britton and the USA. Every time the media says “Dan Goodfellow” my family screams **Dan Goodbody** and every time the media says “Steele Johnson”…..we giggle like school girls.
broadshoulder
The British media have been pushing this. Their Tom worship reaches new boundaries
Dave Downunder
The media are so clueless sometimes. So much for reporting the facts and remaining unbiased.
ingyaom
HEADLINE CORRECTION: The British team are wearing Adidas, not Speedo.