Matthew,
I have just read your account of the Dundee Utd v Rangers match of Sunday 6th April.
Nowhere in this article do you mention Kris Boyd's inflammatory gesture to the Dundee Utd supporters after scoring Rangers' third goal. Boyd was clearly seen via Setanta's TV pictures, placing one finger over his mouth and pointing to three stands of the Tannadice stadium in turn, in a manner clearly intendented to indicate that the Dundee Utd fans should "shut up" or "arnae singing any more".
I found this strange, because I knew that as a journalist of some integrity; nay dignity, you have expressed grave concern in the past regarding professional footballers indulging in such reprehensible behaviour and am convinced you would have found this most unpalatable and worthy of criticism.
I can only assume then, that you missed the incident in question and hence didn't have the opportunity to include it in your notes. I have included a link to bring this to your attention (refer to footage at 3.43)
In the interests of fair and balanced journalism, I look forward to you highlighting this incident in tomorrow's edition and appropriating some criticism where merited. Whilst the gesture made by Mr. Boyd could not be considered "possibly obscene" - as clapping and waving to the opposing supporters clearly is - it most certainly could have "provoked an ugly, even violent response" among the Dundee Utd fans. If this had panned out, surely Mr. Boyd would have been the one to blame.
I look forward to you re-dressing the balance in your, up until this point, impeccably neutral reporting.
Yours in Sport,
Tony Bananas
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