Media Thread 2017/18

[blueju]

I don't know how to post a link but guess who the main story in the DM sport section is about...I'll give you a clue, oil money

 

[mcfc1632]

Not one for making an agenda out of everything but find this ridiculous, using this image in this article:


Remember when Aguero was absolutely snapped at Crystal Palace away in 2015, had to go off injured, ref missed a blatant red card, think he was out for a while. Well they've used that image in a diving article.

Article from that game even refers to it as a 'knee high challenge' from Scott Dann on Aguero:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ace-after-scott-danns-knee-high-10498070.html


EDIT: I should point out, I know this could look slightly petty as there is every possibility it is a complete accident.

I just remember at the time I was particularly aggrieved with that challenge that Aguero was on the end of because it could have caused serious damage. The ref seen it and still only give Dann a yellow and then for it to be the main picture for a diving related article is a bit disingenuous.

Also, Aguero is actually one of the rare few who tries to stay on his feet.

I'm also sure that there have been far more notorious divers in the premier league that would have been a more appropriate image for that article.

"The ref seen it and still only give Dann a yellow and then for it to be the main picture for a diving related article is a bit disingenuous."

You are being too reasonable here - no fucking way that image should be involved

Ashley starfish Young could and should have been used

 

[Feed the Elk]

I don't think I'm looking for these, they just seem to hit you right in the face!!

The Indy are running an article headed "The Football Association to increase the number of drug tests for the new season" and have conveniently filed it under Manchester City club news.

As for comparing the Matic signing headline you just have to love the trollograph......
"Why Nemanja Matic joining Man Utd is the logical next step in the Jose Mourinho masterplan"

Surely City buying a full back or 3 was a 'logical next step'‪ after letting 4 go?!

It's all just click bait for the rags

 

[SilverFox2]

Exactly the tone from that SSN Transfer Ranking I posted. All City transfers are "madness" and our players are "doomed to failure" but any United transfers are "genius" and their players are "destined for greatness". Despite nearly every everything that has occurred the last six years proving that "City" narratives actually fully applies to United and the "United" narrative fully applies to us.

And, what is worse, these stories have some how convinced the masses this bizzaro land is the one they live in.

Surely when their opinion is disproved the fair minded supporter ie non United or City will be unimpressed by the opinion of said reporter ?

 

[blueinsa]

Great spot by Ric that. He needs calling out on those articles.

The whole point of this thread is for articles like this to be called out Frank which begs the question, why do you spend so much time trying to defend the majority of them and its a bit funny that as soon as Ric shows his displeasure at the media bias on show, you suddenly agree?

 

[andyhinch]

I don't think I'm looking for these, they just seem to hit you right in the face!!

The Indy are running an article headed "The Football Association to increase the number of drug tests for the new season" and have conveniently filed it under Manchester City club news.

As for comparing the Matic signing headline you just have to love the trollograph......
"Why Nemanja Matic joining Man Utd is the logical next step in the Jose Mourinho masterplan"

Not seen the papers this morning, assume there's a few United drug scandal headlines ?

 

[Tanzeylee]

I don't think I'm looking for these, they just seem to hit you right in the face!!

The Indy are running an article headed "The Football Association to increase the number of drug tests for the new season" and have conveniently filed it under Manchester City club news.

As for comparing the Matic signing headline you just have to love the trollograph......
"Why Nemanja Matic joining Man Utd is the logical next step in the Jose Mourinho masterplan"

To be fair it is the logical next step for Maureen i.e. Get another big daft **** into his team

 

[HelloCity]

Not one for making an agenda out of everything but find this ridiculous, using this image in this article:


Remember when Aguero was absolutely snapped at Crystal Palace away in 2015, had to go off injured, ref missed a blatant red card, think he was out for a while. Well they've used that image in a diving article.

Article from that game even refers to it as a 'knee high challenge' from Scott Dann on Aguero:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ace-after-scott-danns-knee-high-10498070.html


EDIT: I should point out, I know this could look slightly petty as there is every possibility it is a complete accident.

I just remember at the time I was particularly aggrieved with that challenge that Aguero was on the end of because it could have caused serious damage. The ref saw it and still only give Dann a yellow and then for it to be the main picture for a diving related article is a bit disingenuous.

Also, Aguero is actually one of the rare few who tries to stay on his feet.

I'm also sure that there have been far more notorious divers in the premier league that would have been a more appropriate image for that article.

This is the sort of thing we need to clamp down on.

 

[SilverFox2]

The whole point of this thread is for articles like this to be called out Frank which begs the question, why do you spend so much time trying to defend the majority of them and its a bit funny that as soon as Ric shows his displeasure at the media bias on show, you suddenly agree?

Hi BI, just a point on the reason for the thread. I understood its purpose was to bring the articles to light then discuss the reason for this happening am I wrong ?

 

[franksinatra]

The whole point of this thread is for articles like this to be called out Frank which begs the question, why do you spend so much time trying to defend the majority of them and its a bit funny that as soon as Ric shows his displeasure at the media bias on show, you suddenly agree?

Oh Blueinsa your paranoia is running rampant again.

No offence to Ric but I have never met the guy, he has never met me and I am sure he does not care whether he agrees with my opinion on a topic and similarly I do not care If I agree with him. He is just another person commentating on a forum.

Seriously what are you trying to suggest? Am I trying to court favour so I get VIP access to the bluemoon podcast? Or maybe Ric offers a bluemoon goody bag, which includes a free sticker album of moderators, to collect for those who agree with him? What do you think I could possibly gain from agreeing with Ric?

I know you do not see it but for the last week and a bit we have had a load of nonsense on here with people moaning about friendlies not being reported on, and then when they are uploaded its been complaints about the time of the upload. Its been drivel imo If I am honest and so I have not agreed with it.

Ric has linked two articles directly to the same reporter and highlighted the difference in reporting, in a short timeframe, and in my opinion his comments on Walker were extreme and he quite rightly, due to rics tweet, will be challenged on it.

I have no issue criticising a report/article If I think it is wrong like I have done with many others.

 

[Ric]

To be fair to Frank, I often disagree with some of the examples of perceived media bias listed in this thread too.

However, there are times when it's pretty much indisputable, such as the Jonathan Wilson articles that I tweeted, or the Independent using a picture of Aguero on an article about diving that was mentioned above.

 

[franksinatra]

To be fair to Frank, I often disagree with some of the examples of perceived media bias listed in this thread too.

However, there are times when it's pretty much indisputable, such as the Jonathan Wilson articles that I tweeted, or the Independent using a picture of Aguero on an article about diving that was mentioned above.

Agree wholeheartedly with the Wilson one but not convinced by the Aguero picture.

I remember similar articles back in May about this topic so popped it into google search.

In the Telegraph there was pictures of Ramirez and Alli

Guardian a picture of Rashford

Mirror a picture of Rashford and Kane

Mail picture of Snodgrass but references in the pic to Rashford and Kane.

Express showed pics of Sane and Sterling and how they were favourites to be booked.

If I was going to complain the express article I would hang my hat on but pictures associated with diving was not unique to City as distateful as it is.

 

[HelloCity]

Agree wholeheartedly with the Wilson one but not convinced by the Aguero picture.

I remember similar articles back in May about this topic so popped it into google search.

In the Telegraph there was pictures of Ramirez and Alli

Guardian a picture of Rashford

Mirror a picture of Rashford and Kane

Mail picture of Snodgrass but references in the pic to Rashford and Kane.

Express showed pics of Sane and Sterling and how they were favourites to be booked.

If I was going to complain the express article I would hang my hat on but pictures associated with diving was not unique to City.

The difference is that in those examples the player had dived or had notible instances where they had done that season.

Aguero is on the end of a knee high tackle which left him injured.

 

[moomba]

The Wilson pieces were poor, as was his explanation. The whole issue (that he fails to grasp) is that pieces on our players are always about the money, and very rarely about how they fit into the team. But the hyperbole used in the Walker piece went way beyond just about the money (and that's from someone that wasn't keen about the signing).

My only surprise at the Aguero picture was that it wasn't Sterling.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Sure I heard something on the radio earlier on this evening about a rag player (blind?) being fined for refusing to take a drugs test. Just looked on BBC sport and sky sports news but no mention of it. Maybe I dreamt it..... Sure they wouldn't cover it up.

It's there, it just has Jones as the title name.
Also, he didn't refuse to take a drugs test.

 

[bluemoonmatt]

Not one for making an agenda out of everything but find this ridiculous, using this image in this article:


Remember when Aguero was absolutely snapped at Crystal Palace away in 2015, had to go off injured, ref missed a blatant red card, think he was out for a while. Well they've used that image in a diving article.

Article from that game even refers to it as a 'knee high challenge' from Scott Dann on Aguero:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ace-after-scott-danns-knee-high-10498070.html


EDIT: I should point out, I know this could look slightly petty as there is every possibility it is a complete accident.

I just remember at the time I was particularly aggrieved with that challenge that Aguero was on the end of because it could have caused serious damage. The ref saw it and still only give Dann a yellow and then for it to be the main picture for a diving related article is a bit disingenuous.

Also, Aguero is actually one of the rare few who tries to stay on his feet.

I'm also sure that there have been far more notorious divers in the premier league that would have been a more appropriate image for that article.

He is at pains to point out that he only wrote the words, this after accusing a blue who pointed out the nature of the tackle of being "hyper sensitive" an accusation a red further down decided to copy and paste, I assume they struggle with words over 8 letters long. This is a reasonable example imo as there are a plethora of pics or stills that could have been used, I'm torn but I think I might have had to pick an image or still of one of the biddy fiddlers finer efforts but yes, to pick a photo of aguero post scythe is ridiculous.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Wilson is a shithouse who has fooled a generation of amateurs into believing he has some insight into a side of the game that he blatantly doesn't comprehend, and with it has spawned a legion of Michael Cox shaped clones who continue to misinform and misrepresent how football works at a fundamental level, contributing to the ever widening gap of knowledge in the Anglosphere compared with other nations whose understand moved on from these singular concepts about 25 years ago and due to this have a far better innate instinct about positional play and the concepts introduced in the modern professional game. While the Paul Merson and Robbie Savage shaped pundits are very obviously damaging to the national footballing culture through misinforming the country on the workings of the game, Wilson and Cox are too yet focused on the other end of the scale, not only continuing the spectacularly wrong causality of "duelling football" but doing so with a form of legitimacy that makes people feel they're being educated. Everybody knows Merson is a fool so they ignore him. People don't know Wilson is wrong so he manages to do more collective damage.

Also he's one of the most unpopular journalists in Fleet Street and most people I've spoken to in that trade consider him a condescending twat who got big from a book that is essentially a big collation of other people's articles.

I'm sensing that you're not an admirer.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Of all the players to put in that article!

Yes, clearly it should be Sterling! Or is that only in redtops?

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

just know diving bans will only apply occasionally to mid/lower table teams and constantly to us, they're so gleeful about it they're not hiding how much they're going to screw us over, what is the point...

 

[MillionMilesAway]

just know diving bans will only apply occasionally to mid/lower table teams and constantly to us, they're so gleeful about it they're not hiding how much they're going to screw us over, what is the point...

I'm not sure they can do that. It will be quite obvious if clear dives go unpunished.