{"id":1148,"date":"2015-12-20T15:04:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2015-12-20T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:04:30","slug":"2015-eyewitness-accounts-of-the-years-most-defining-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/archives\/1148","title":{"rendered":"2015: Eyewitness accounts of the year\u2019s most defining moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-1 counter-arrowed facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbestinsurance.gr%2Fa1%2Farchives%2F1148\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1148\" data-url=\"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap arrowed\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-1 counter-arrowed twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbestinsurance.gr%2Fa1%2Farchives%2F1148&text=2015%3A+Eyewitness+accounts+of+the+year%E2%80%99s+most+defining+moments\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1148\" data-url=\"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap arrowed\"><span class=\"counter\">1<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>2015: Eyewitness accounts of the year\u2019s most defining moments.From Paris to the refugee crisis, and from Pluto to that flying weasel, these pictures recall the year\u2019s most memorable events. Those closest to the action tell their stories.<\/p>\n<h2>Sepp Blatter is showered with cash<\/h2>\n<p><strong>20 July: the Fifa president looks uncomfortable as comedian Simon Brodkin throws dollar bills at him during a press conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"img-1\" class=\"element element-image img--landscape  fig--narrow-caption fig--has-shares \" data-component=\"image\" data-media-id=\"5c709a745a515d2ffeba646cfa18b9a431d4329b\">\n<div class=\"block-share block-share--article hide-on-mobile\" data-link-name=\"block share\">\n<div class=\"u-responsive-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gu-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5c709a745a515d2ffeba646cfa18b9a431d4329b\/72_144_2855_1714\/master\/2855.jpg?w=300&amp;q=85&amp;auto=format&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=ab5e9409aa28670acec0d6556ae88f98\" sizes=\"(min-width: 660px) 620px, (min-width: 480px) 605px, 445px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5c709a745a515d2ffeba646cfa18b9a431d4329b\/72_144_2855_1714\/master\/2855.jpg?w=620&amp;q=85&amp;auto=format&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=54b6623b6235b85e6c25bf4575261027 620w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5c709a745a515d2ffeba646cfa18b9a431d4329b\/72_144_2855_1714\/master\/2855.jpg?w=605&amp;q=85&amp;auto=format&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=e00aafd0aba0c5e84303bb0cd9f3eaf1 605w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5c709a745a515d2ffeba646cfa18b9a431d4329b\/72_144_2855_1714\/master\/2855.jpg?w=445&amp;q=85&amp;auto=format&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=e843cd2378f7448b78b1a56e57505746 445w\" alt=\"Money all round: Sepp Blater confronts the future as false dollar bills fall to the ground all around him.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption caption--img caption caption--img\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Andrew Jennings, corruption investigator<\/strong> I haven\u2019t been welcome at a Fifa press conference since 2003, but I have been watching Fifa for about 15 years. [At a press conference in 2002, Jennings asked Blatter if he\u2019d ever taken a bribe. Since then he has been at the heart of the investigations into the organisation, and his reporting helped prompt the FBI to investigate.]<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element-rich-link--tag element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link-tag\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-tag\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-news--item \">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__image-container u-responsive-ratio\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__arrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more-text\">Not being at \u00a0the conferences since hasn\u2019t really bothered me. You travel to Zurich, you get one question, Blatter ignores it and moves on to someone else [although he has repeatedly denied any wrong doing]. I know nothing about sport; I am a crime reporter, but I enjoyed the picture, and I\u2019ve enjoyed watching Blatter\u2019s downfall.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t been a surprise \u2013 I have been talking to the FBI since 2009 \u2013 it was a question of how long they would take. But it\u2019s an organised crime squad from the FBI, it is very large, and they are taking their time.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss are taking their time, too. They are working through nine terabytes of data that they found at the Fifa headquarters, so they have plenty of information.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s inconvenient for daily journalists who want a quick turnaround, but the investigators will complete their work. These individual visuals don\u2019t make much difference. Fifa is dead. Some say it will affect the game, but I don\u2019t think so. Fifa is just the superstructure. Kids aren\u2019t going to stop playing football.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this is a good picture, an important picture, because it says it all. It\u2019s very near to the truth and it could become Blatter\u2019s defining image. It wasn\u2019t even real money. Blatter had false money thrown at him and he looked most discommoded. He ended the press conference, opened the door and walked out. It\u2019s as fair a picture as you could have. There\u2019s not much more to it, he\u2019s just a shit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global\/2015\/dec\/20\/2015-eyewitness-accounts-of-the-years-defining-moments?CMP=share_btn_tw\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-1 counter-arrowed facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbestinsurance.gr%2Fa1%2Farchives%2F1148\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1148\" data-url=\"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap arrowed\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-1 counter-arrowed twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbestinsurance.gr%2Fa1%2Farchives%2F1148&text=2015%3A+Eyewitness+accounts+of+the+year%E2%80%99s+most+defining+moments\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1148\" data-url=\"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap arrowed\"><span class=\"counter\">1<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>2015: Eyewitness accounts of the year\u2019s most defining moments.From Paris to the refugee crisis, and from Pluto to that flying weasel, these pictures recall the year\u2019s most memorable events. Those closest to the action tell their stories. Sepp Blatter is showered with cash 20 July: the Fifa president looks uncomfortable as comedian Simon Brodkin throws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1150,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/1150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestinsurance.gr\/a1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}