Chapter 109: The Crisis of Public Opinion
After the two semifinals of March Madness, when many people on the Internet were still immersed in the emotion and discussion of the semifinals, an article with the title of revealing the secret was quietly hung up in the Washington Post, and with the promotion of some well-intentioned people, it began to show a good influence.
The revealing article, titled "Dark Horse Memphis University Makes It to the Semifinals, But They Face Serious Infighting in the Locker Room," is a little weird to hang on the Washington Post.
In general, media outlets like The Washington Post rarely focus on sports news, and ESPN, CBS, and TNT are all very well-known and specialized media outlets in the sports world.
Serious fans also pay attention to these sports outlets, rather than looking for their favorite star news with a microscope in the Washington Post.
It's so hard to find a basketball news in the sheer volume of social news!
But it was such a slightly bizarre article, which hung up in the Washington Post, and immediately caused an uproar throughout the Emerica!
Because the object of this article is none other than the University of Memphis, or rather Kaiming Lee, who only made it to the finals last night.
The author of the article, a man named Lawrence, said in the article that he had carefully watched the semifinals of Memphis and Butler, and then clearly pointed out in the article that although Memphis won, Memphis faced a serious locker room crisis.
More specifically, there is the crisis of confidence in Li Kaiming and other players.
Lawrence's analysis seems to be on point, starting with his origins as a water cooler player, interspersed with a few paragraphs describing the fierce competition among college players, and while it doesn't directly point out the gap between Lee and his teammates on the Memphis Tigers, it also implicitly leads the reader to start thinking in that direction.
All people like to associate and eat melons, and the current Memphis Tigers can be said to be hot in the whole of Emerica, and it is very normal for the melon-eating masses to want to know the specific situation in the locker room.
After that, Lawrence also used the most professional data analysis in basketball analysis, he collected the number of Tigers players shot and playing time in each game since Li Kaiming's start, and finally came to a conclusion:
Since Li Kaiming changed from a water cooler to a starter, his playing time and number of shots have all jumped to the first place in the team!
Lawrence directly stated in the article that such an arrangement is very inappropriate and a serious dereliction of duty by the coach!
The NCAA is a league that emphasizes the team over the individual, but at the University of Memphis, such a truth is completely reversed, there is a guy who comes out of the water cooler and directly overrides the whole team!
At the end of the article, Lawrence also said that Pastner at this time has become Li Kaiming's puppet, and all the playing time of the Tigers is firmly controlled by Li Kaiming.
As for the most exciting part of the article, it is a few photos posted by Lawrence in the article.
It was the last five minutes of the last game, after Li Kaiming's unexpected few shots, the expressions of the rest of the Tigers.
The expressions of Kemp and the others were intercepted, and when zoomed in, it was obvious that the expressions of surprise and dissatisfaction could be seen.
As soon as such an illustrated and out-of-context so-called revealing article was issued, it immediately caused an uproar in the public opinion circle of Emerica!
Before this article was issued, the Memphis Tigers were a dark horse team that fought against the sky and worked hard to unite, and after the article exploded, most people felt strong empathy for the rest of the Tigers!
"Why give the ball to a yellow-skinned monkey? Isn't it good to develop our country's own players? ”
"I don't know what medicine Pastner took wrong, I'd rather believe in such a ball bully than trust other better players!"
"Shouldn't the most unlucky person be Elliot Williams? He was the absolute core of the Tigers, and since Li Kaiming started, he has lost his position as the core, and I dare to pack the ticket, if Pastner gives the ball to Williams, he can also be the favorite! ”
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If public opinion on the Internet is mainly sympathetic and pitiful to the rest of the Tigers, then abuse and attacks on Li Kaiming account for the vast majority.
Last night, Li Kaiming was still an inspirational player with the label of counterattack, and after one night, everything changed.
"You yellow-skinned monkey, can you go back to your own country?"
"The genes of your skin are selfish, and in a competition that emphasizes teamwork, the presence of an athlete like you is simply an insult to the sport!"
"Amerika welcomes everyone who is kind, but not a selfish ghost like you!"
"The road turned dark, I liked you a lot, I thought you were very inspirational, but I didn't expect you to be such a person, I misjudged you!"
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Comments such as these took over Li Kaiming's Twitter comment section in just a few hours after the article went viral.
What's funny is that although Li Kaiming seems to have become a public enemy of the whole people at this time, his Twitter followers have actually increased a little!
Public opinion is still fermenting, such a huge public relations crisis is in front of the Memphis Tigers, even if they no longer pay attention to public opinion, they have to stand up at this time!
The official account of the University of Memphis stood up for the Tigers and Li Kaiming for the first time: We will always support you! We are family!
The official attitude of the University of Memphis obviously could not extinguish the anger, and viewers who did not know the truth saw the attitude of the University of Memphis and began to attack the University of Memphis in droves.
"Why should an Amerika university stand with a Chinese American? Where's your ass? ”
"I suspect that Li Kaiming has bribed the board of trustees of the University of Memphis, and it is recommended to strictly investigate the school's sports department, whether there is anyone in it who has any relationship with Li Kaiming!"
"God, Kaiming Li has taken control of the University of Memphis! Emelica is finished! ”
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The University of Memphis' tweet did not turn public opinion around, but rather intensified.
So, in such a tense atmosphere, all eyes were on the pre-match press conference on April 5.
With such a big movement on the Internet, it is impossible for Pastner and the Tigers not to notice.
Even if they shut down social media and don't know what is going on outside, when it comes to the press conference, there will be reporters who take the initiative to ask questions.
With such a big heat, if you give up digging easily, can you still be a reporter?
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Gina, the red-haired woman, stepped on the sky-high, twisted her plump buttocks, and slumped into the supervisor's office.
Carl, the man in the suit, smiled when he saw Gina come in.
"Gina, why are you here?"
Gina walked straight to Carl's side, and then sat directly in Carl's arms!
Carl only felt something soft on a certain spot, and immediately his mouth was a little dry.
Gina smiled charmingly, "I had dinner yesterday with the editor-in-chief of the Washington Post......"
Carl thought for a moment, a smile flashed across his face, and then quickly disappeared.
"You sent that article to them?"
Gina got up and said, "I can't get used to that Chinese kid's arrogant appearance, this is just a disadvantage......
Carl raised his eyebrows, then cocked Erlang's legs, "If it was just this article, it shouldn't have caused such a big movement, right?" ”
A hint of cunning flashed in Gina's eyes, "I just mobilized the power of netizens a little......"
Carl suddenly realized, no wonder there was such a big popularity in a short period of time, it turned out that Gina invited the Internet water army!
A woman's heart, a needle under the sea......
Thinking of this, even Carl's back was a little chilly!
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