Qatar: a World Cup size failure of sports journalism?
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The World Cup and FIFA - What Did You Discover?
Kim Als: FIFA stopped really caring about the good of the game, which was at slogan. In Middle Eastern politics is now inextricably tied up with top-level football. It's impossible to sort of put all this aside as a football fan. And I think that's really sad because football means a lot to a lot of people. and it's a huge emotional connection for so many people. We can't really put Qatar aside, but as part of a wider story about sports reporting,. says Joey Barton.
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