VILLAINS OF PIECE ARE THE CRITICS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
9 April 2017

DAVID Moyes isn’t a misogynist. It is those spinning the story and writing the headlines who are.
The Sunderland boss was caught on camera war ning BBC reporter Vicki Sparks that her questions were “naughty” and she “might get a slap, even though (you’re) a woman”.
Moyes’ reaction was ugly and unprofessional, but was it sexist? No way. It’s a classic case of grasping to inject words with an ‘ism’ to generate outrage.
Where exactly was the discrimination? If a man is expected to threaten violence to both sexes without caveat or cons...

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