Raheem Sterling is the Perfect Role Model. So Why are the Media Making Him the Villain?
One of England’s rising football stars has become a lightning rod for critics, which doesn’t sit right with Resident Brit Jamie Sewell
It’s the 3rd of July, 2018. England have just won their first-ever World Cup Penalty Shootout, ‘lifting the curse’; also, it’s their first Knockout-game win of a major tournament in 12 years.
The squad are young, talented, and likable, led by a manager who possesses those qualities in abundance. There’s a clear path to the World Cup final, and for the first time in recent memory, there’s genuine optimism in the country that England could really win the World Cup. The headlines write themselves, right?
Well, not if you’re the Daily Mail, a publication known for running incendiary, attention-grabbing headlines often based in bigotry. The outlet continues to embark on a bizarre campaign to discredit Raheem Sterling at every opportunity.
This isn’t the only anti-Sterling article published recently — far from it — but it is one of the more…
