SNAP JUDGMENTS

SNAP JUDGMENTS, 2011

Is there anything less appealing than the absolute moral certainty with which some Liverpool fans automatically dismissed Patrice Evra’s claim that he was racially abused, and some Manchester United fans automatically wrote off Luis Suárez as a racist, despite neither faction having any way of knowing for sure what actually happened on the pitch on Saturday? Actually, yes. There is something less appealing. It is Her Majesty’s Press larding on the hints of the insta‑judgment to which they have come on the matter.

Illustration for the MARINA HYDE column. Guardian Sport backpage.