This is not the first of these "mob" scenes involving football in Europe and the documentary did little to examine the real problems and the poor management prior to the event.
It was almost a PR doco from the Wembly Stadium authorities and equally one sided.
Of even more concern, was the apparent glorification of the bad behaviour of the interviewed "patrons" who gate crashed the event without any remorse or understanding of the potential consequences.
And then, to top it all off, after failing to make any real effort to delve into all the failings surrounding the organisaiton of the event, there was the completely irrelevent bit to try to turn it into some racially motivated happening, something that only had a very tenuous, and minor, connection.
There just was too little effort to delve into the systematic failures of organisers, police and transport authorities to manage an event when there were numerous previous examples of the expected problems.
A documentary maker must make an effort to bring proper balance, and investigation, if they are to be taken seriously.
It was almost a PR doco from the Wembly Stadium authorities and equally one sided.
Of even more concern, was the apparent glorification of the bad behaviour of the interviewed "patrons" who gate crashed the event without any remorse or understanding of the potential consequences.
And then, to top it all off, after failing to make any real effort to delve into all the failings surrounding the organisaiton of the event, there was the completely irrelevent bit to try to turn it into some racially motivated happening, something that only had a very tenuous, and minor, connection.
There just was too little effort to delve into the systematic failures of organisers, police and transport authorities to manage an event when there were numerous previous examples of the expected problems.
A documentary maker must make an effort to bring proper balance, and investigation, if they are to be taken seriously.
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