Is he stupid? He has to be, right? He was assigned coverage of the America's Cup and, sure, he blogged accurately and mostly concisely, but I'm not for one minute going to say it was great or special in its entirety. I'll explain why.
Hayden posted his final blog named "It's Over. It's Finally Over" and I have some issues with that title, but the way it was shown on the blog is completely pathetic. Who in their right mind blogs about the end of a major sporting competition with a blog named like that with the covering photo of a hobbit. He has to be dumb as rocks.
I don't care if you want to question the 'boatness' of these boats. You can do that as much as you like (to be fair, he has done that a lot), but to release a blog concluding a series like this with that sort of title and covering photo makes me question whether Hayden is clever at all. As it looks, that blog says nothing about the America's Cup. Sure, if you get a couple clicks from people who want to avoid the coverage entirely that's fine, but when you make it look completely different to what it even is... That's horrendous.
I hope he keeps it like that. I'm astounded that someone who has been here as relatively long as Hayden can make a mistake like that. Whether you like what you're asked to do or not, you do it to the best of your ability. If that's his best, then that's not good enough.
Well done to Team New Zealand. I'm sorry a weasel spoilt the coverage.
EDITOR'S NOTE: There is a watermark in the corner of the covering photo. This couldn't get worse.
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