Exposing the hypocrisy of journalists

[Shaggy]

Graham Linehan, thinks he's a complete cock womble as well, though Linehan was a bit stronger with his choice of words.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Well in Rabin, and other blues for not standing aside and letting them spout their shite unopposed.

 

[Metalartin]

Miguel Delaney‏Verified account @MiguelDelaney 7h7 hours ago

Everything. Anonymity grants freedom to mislead and be deceitful. Having your identity out there mitigates against that.

Miguel Delaney‏Verified account @MiguelDelaney 7h7 hours ago

His identity of course affects the facts, because anonymity allows obfuscation and deception far easier, as it entirely removes accountability. I mean this has been the basis of the internet since it was invented! Not rocket science!

So as a known journalist he's at a disadvantage because he has no freedom to mislead, be deceitful and has full accountability on every claim he makes?

The biggest pile of shite argument any of them(the Harris brothers and the rest of shit list) have come out with in quite some time. He wants his identity so he can either discredit him and dismiss his claims and counterpoints based on publicly available sources, simply for not being a journalist; or shun him and act the prick via official channels if he is a journalist.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Just take a peak on Google and you`ll have some fucking nightmares. ;)

His picture for the Independent looks like a mugshot from Crimewatch.

 

[Metalartin]

Ewan MacKenna‏Verified account @EwanMacKenna May 12


No other football club is directly run by those behind the biggest humanatarian crisis on earth and including any and all wrongs in an article doesn't make this wrong better, rather it takes away from the specifics of this wrong.

Spoiler: Upsetting image

Reading through that twitter thread, he repeatedly says he will go after whoever if there is a direct link but then asks people not to focus on the Standard Chartered and New Balance links to the same crisis.... You know because that would require posting something sensational leading with "Liverpool FC". What an utter fraud.

Is anyone clued up on that to tell us if the UAE are the biggest contributing factor to the Yemen situation as he claims or if he is talking out of his arse, just to find a way to link City to it as they clinched the title?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Spoiler: Upsetting image

Reading through that twitter thread, he repeatedly says he will go after whoever if there is a direct link but then asks people not to focus on the Standard Chartered and New Balance links to the same crisis.... You know because that would require posting something sensational leading with "Liverpool FC". What an utter fraud.

Is anyone clued up on that to tell us if the UAE are the biggest contributing factor to the Yemen situation as he claims or if he is talking out of his arse, just to find a way to link City to it as they clinched the title?

He misses the point that we are not a state owned club.

 

[Marvin]

Spoiler: ..

Reading through that twitter thread, he repeatedly says he will go after whoever if there is a direct link but then asks people not to focus on the Standard Chartered and New Balance links to the same crisis.... You know because that would require posting something sensational leading with "Liverpool FC". What an utter fraud.

Is anyone clued up on that to tell us if the UAE are the biggest contributing factor to the Yemen situation as he claims or if he is talking out of his arse, just to find a way to link City to it as they clinched the title?

Saudi is the main player. You know the state that has a strategic partnership with Man Utd, and who sponsor Man Utd through the state owned Saudi Telecom.

We've just watched the Women's World Cup won by the US. Zero mention of Sportswashing etc. Journalists like this are a disgrace.

 

[Metalartin]

He misses the point that we are not a state owned club.

Oh yeah, that's why I chose that quote to make my point about his accountability and freedom to mislead.

I just don't know alot about the Yemen conflict but I highly suspect neither does he, when you take out everything he hasn't cherry picked because it's linked to the UAE. He is claiming the UAE are the biggest contributor. Is he a sports writer or is this his field?

The conflict itself(which is a civil war) is nothing to do with the UAE from what I gather.

https://nena-news.it/is-iran-really-to-blame-for-yemen-conflict/

As far as the blockade goes as I understand it, it's something like Iran and Qatar vs Saudi Arabia and the UAE(and the USA since Trump backed the Saudi efforts against Iran?). So they all share blame in how it came about. It really would be better if they lifted the blockade but that's not the only problem in Yemen right now is it? To me it looks like the UAE dont want to ruin relations with Saudi Arabia much the same as Qatar and Iran. Why all sides need each other that much is not clear to me but I suppose in that part of the world you do need your allies for military support and good relations for trade etc.

As you say Sheikh Mansour has nothing to do with any of this and neither do City but we do have a link to the UAE as do Arsenal, Real Madrid and the FA Cup. I was just curious how accurate or inaccurate his claims were. I'm slowly putting a basic jigsaw picture of it together now, which has far bigger pieces to it from elsewhere, than he was making out.

 

[rugbyblue]

Oh yeah, that's why I chose that quote to make my point about his accountability and freedom to mislead.

It's a random nobody on twitter, which you're giving extra attention to. He's less significant with his imagery than the far-right pro-life brigade, given his utterly contemptuous attempt to link a starving child to our club.

Why are you playing 'just asking questions'

(
but we do have a link to the UAE as do Arsenal, Real Madrid and the FA Cup
)

So fucking what, that's the point of raising agendas, why is it that our connection to the UAE makes us suspect, but somehow Arsenal, RM and the FA cup are not criticised?

Your entire point seems to be as if you've not read anything throughout the the thread, and at best are asking everyone to explain it all to you. How about you read through the thread and links yourself?

 

[Metalartin]

Reading for anyone else interested in what this Ewan MacKenna fella is leaving out:
https://theglobepost.com/2017/11/21/qatar-saudi-arabia-blockade-game/
https://theglobepost.com/2019/06/17/qatar-crisis-gcc/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–19_Qatar_diplomatic_crisis


So from the UAE side, Saudi Arabia aren't great to be linked to, I can already gather that.

But for balance, from what I can see, important points that are always left out form people like him are:

Iran are no angels, accused of state sponsored terrorism for a start(imagine the stories that would be written if City were on that side of things?) that's a good thing to lead with when a dipper is claiming "Iran aren't that bad compared to the UAE la".

Saudi Arabia don't have good relations with Iran(probably doesn't need to be said), especially after an attack on their embassy in Iran(Tehran) in 2016, other issues add to it such as the interpretations of Islam, aspirations for leadership of the Islamic world, oil export policy and relations with the United States and other Western countries.

Qatar have had close relations with Iran for a long time, they share one of the largest natural gas fields in the world, so it would be mutually beneficial if they did.

Qatar paid $700 million to Iranian-backed Shi'a militias in Iraq, in 2017. Which angered both Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Saudi Arabia were becoming anxious about the Iranian presence in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. They demanded Qatar reduce its relations with Iran, to reduce its growing influence in the region.

The blockade itself includes the airspaces of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Oh yeah, that's why I chose that quote to make my point about his accountability and freedom to mislead.

I just don't know alot about the Yemen conflict but I highly suspect neither does he, when you take out everything he hasn't cherry picked because it's linked to the UAE. He is claiming the UAE are the biggest contributor. Is he a sports writer or is this his field?

The conflict itself(which is a civil war) is nothing to do with the UAE from what I gather.

https://nena-news.it/is-iran-really-to-blame-for-yemen-conflict/

As far as the blockade goes as I understand it, it's something like Iran and Qatar vs Saudi Arabia and the UAE(and the USA since Trump backed the Saudi efforts against Iran?). So they all share blame in how it came about. It really would be better if they lifted the blockade but that's not the only problem in Yemen right now is it? To me it looks like the UAE dont want to ruin relations with Saudi Arabia much the same as Qatar and Iran. Why all sides need each other that much is not clear to me but I suppose in that part of the world you do need your allies for military support and good relations for trade etc.

As you say Sheikh Mansour has nothing to do with any of this and neither do City but we do have a link to the UAE as do Arsenal, Real Madrid and the FA Cup. I was just curious how accurate or inaccurate his claims were. I'm slowly putting a basic jigsaw picture of it together now, which has far bigger pieces to it from elsewhere, than he was making out.

MacKenna is a dog botherer who lives in Brazil, a country with an appalling human rights record.
Which consists of wiping out indigenous populations.
Turning a blind eye to local business owners setting up death squads to kill street children.
Letting corporations create irreversible ecological damage with no regard to people, animals, rainforest, rivers in what is basically the 'lungs' of the planet we all live on.
Let's not forget this is also a country which elected a far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, his qualities are briefly described as 'But his embrace of “law and order” carries alarming undertones, as he has expressed a fondness for the country’s past military dictatorship. His anti-democratic views are just one element of his disturbing rhetoric, though; the new president also freely spews misogynistic, anti-LGBTQ, and racist statements'.

Also the Yemen civil war is a proxy war for Iran v Saudi and their various supporters on both sides within the Middle East, not forgetting the absolute real driving force behind the conflict Russia and China for Iran and America, Britain and France for Saudi Arabia.
Whilst America and Britain are the main arms supplier for Saudi Arabia and it's regional allies, they also supply intelligence information and are rumoured to have 'Advisors' on the ground directly involved in the conflict.

So yeah, this is all Manchester City's fault for being successful at football and all the above can be disregarded whilst some disingenuous fuckwit on Twitter preaches utter bullshit to 30 thousand morons who will believe that very same fuckwit.

No need to mention nearly every team in the Premier League having some kind of connection to Middle Eastern money, as MacKenna disregards such facts, we should too, hey it's Journalism at its finest.
Also Manchester City are not state owned, they have very close relations to the UAE, as the owner is from there and runs the club via the City Football Group, but are not in any way owned by that state, this is free open information and is available easily and accessible to all.

As for MacKenna using pictures of these poor children who are genuinely suffering and dying to score points against a football club whilst completely disregarding any actual facts relating to the reasons for the horrible civil war in Yemen is beyond comprehension, what a vile human being, but on the plus side, he has gained followers on Twitter, fucking pathetic.

 

[Metalartin]

@rugbyblue I fail to see why you're getting your panties in a twist about this. I've read plenty and I'm not playing anything. I'm well aware of the type of journo he is and that City are not owned by the UAE. I think you've got the wrong end of the stick on my posts.

He wasn't even right on his main sicking point as I suspected. That the UAE are solely to blame for the blockade situation, never mind the Yemen conflict. That's misleading in itself.

 

[Metalartin]

MacKenna is a dog botherer who lives in Brazil, a country with an appalling human rights record.
Which consists of wiping out indigenous populations.
Turning a blind eye to local business owners setting up death squads to kill street children.
Letting corporations create irreversible ecological damage with no regard to people, animals, rainforest, rivers in what is basically the 'lungs' of the planet we all live on.
Let's not forget this is also a country which elected a far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, his qualities are briefly described as 'But his embrace of “law and order” carries alarming undertones, as he has expressed a fondness for the country’s past military dictatorship. His anti-democratic views are just one element of his disturbing rhetoric, though; the new president also freely spews misogynistic, anti-LGBTQ, and racist statements'.

Also the Yemen civil war is a proxy war for Iran v Saudi and their various supporters on both sides within the Middle East, not forgetting the absolute real driving force behind the conflict Russia and China for Iran and America, Britain and France for Saudi Arabia.
Whilst America and Britain are the main arms supplier for Saudi Arabia and it's regional allies, they also supply intelligence information and are rumoured to have 'Advisors' on the ground directly involved in the conflict.

So yeah, this is all Manchester City's fault for being successful at football and all the above can be disregarded whilst some disingenuous fuckwit on Twitter preaches utter bullshit to 30 thousand morons who will believe that very same fuckwit.

No need to mention nearly every team in the Premier League having some kind of connection to Middle Eastern money, as MacKenna disregards such facts, we should too, hey it's Journalism at its finest.
Also Manchester City are not state owned, they have very close relations to the UAE, as the owner is from there and runs the club via the City Football Group, but are not in any way owned by that state, this is free open information and is available easily and accessible to all.

As for MacKenna using pictures of these poor children who are genuinely suffering and dying to score points against a football club whilst completely disregarding any actual facts relating to the reasons for the horrible civil war in Yemen is beyond comprehension, what a vile human being, but on the plus side, he has gained followers on Twitter, fucking pathetic.

Yep he does have things closer to home he could be focusing on and the issue he claims to be an expert on is a great big complicated mess. It would be a ****s trick to blame it all on the UAE, much less Sheikh Mansour or a football club which has nothing to do with any of it, the latter were never in doubt for me.

 

[cleavers]

Mod note : I've put the image MacKenna used behind a spoiler, hopefully it will stay there if quoted, attack the fella by all means, but really it should be being reported to twitter, or perhaps even better, retweet to City for their comments, and perhaps they will take him on.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Dog wanker.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Yep its great big complicated mess and it would be a ****s trick to trying blame it all on the UAE much less Sheikh Mansour or a football club which has nothing to do with any of it.

Yep, a very complicated mess where friends/enemies on both sides hide in the shadows.

Regarding MacKenna, a genuine wholehearted thundercùnt using Manchester City to gain followers on Twitter hiding behind a concern for human rights, his only genuine concern is followers on Twitter, nothing more.

 

[Metalartin]

Yep, a very complicated mess where friends/enemies on both sides hide in the shadows.

Regarding MacKenna, a genuine wholehearted thundercùnt using Manchester City to gain followers on Twitter hiding behind a concern for human rights, his only genuine concern is followers on Twitter, nothing more.

We shouldn't really give him as much attention as we do but I can just see other journalists in this country citing him or echoing him lazily, if they haven't already started.

I can see why Rabin felt the need to shoot him down to be fair, he's already known as a shite talker with an agenda, so the above might be avoided hopefully.

Edit: Also just realised I gave an Ewan MacKenna‏ quote thinking it was Delaney, not sure how I managed to confuse the two or where Ewans tweet was posted but I must have clicked a link from BM somewhere along the line. I'll pick Delaney quote when I can be bothered(unless someone wants to do the honours?) but Ewan's still a known identity/journalist who gets away with everything Delaney says he as a journalist wouldn't. :)

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

We shouldn't really give him as much attention as we do but I can just see other journalists in this country citing him or echoing him lazily, if they haven't already started.

I can see why Rabin felt the need to shoot him down to be fair, he's already known as a shite talker with an agenda, so the above might be avoided hopefully.

There is also Nicholas McGeehan who is equally a sanctimonious bellend as MacKenna on Twitter.
Another who is a defender of human rights based on football, notably Manchester City.

 

[SilverFox2]

The person makes his living via media which when combined with sport allows greater publicity for what is effectively propaganda.

I cannot think of a single country.that is completely blameless when it comes to the detail of war, civil rights or arms supply both historically and currently.

Rich owners along with political leaders or even CEO"s of large companies don't get to their positions of power by being always nice charming polite and understanding individuals so I'm sure there is much to find there.
As a City supporter our ownership like our team inevitably changes so I think I will leave our owner to defend himself, his country and his choice of management.

 

[BlueRockape]

MacKenna is a dog botherer who lives in Brazil, a country with an appalling human rights record.
Which consists of wiping out indigenous populations.
Turning a blind eye to local business owners setting up death squads to kill street children.
Letting corporations create irreversible ecological damage with no regard to people, animals, rainforest, rivers in what is basically the 'lungs' of the planet we all live on.
Let's not forget this is also a country which elected a far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, his qualities are briefly described as 'But his embrace of “law and order” carries alarming undertones, as he has expressed a fondness for the country’s past military dictatorship. His anti-democratic views are just one element of his disturbing rhetoric, though; the new president also freely spews misogynistic, anti-LGBTQ, and racist statements'.

Also the Yemen civil war is a proxy war for Iran v Saudi and their various supporters on both sides within the Middle East, not forgetting the absolute real driving force behind the conflict Russia and China for Iran and America, Britain and France for Saudi Arabia.
Whilst America and Britain are the main arms supplier for Saudi Arabia and it's regional allies, they also supply intelligence information and are rumoured to have 'Advisors' on the ground directly involved in the conflict.

So yeah, this is all Manchester City's fault for being successful at football and all the above can be disregarded whilst some disingenuous fuckwit on Twitter preaches utter bullshit to 30 thousand morons who will believe that very same fuckwit.

No need to mention nearly every team in the Premier League having some kind of connection to Middle Eastern money, as MacKenna disregards such facts, we should too, hey it's Journalism at its finest.
Also Manchester City are not state owned, they have very close relations to the UAE, as the owner is from there and runs the club via the City Football Group, but are not in any way owned by that state, this is free open information and is available easily and accessible to all.

As for MacKenna using pictures of these poor children who are genuinely suffering and dying to score points against a football club whilst completely disregarding any actual facts relating to the reasons for the horrible civil war in Yemen is beyond comprehension, what a vile human being, but on the plus side, he has gained followers on Twitter, fucking pathetic.

Have you put this on his twitter account ? That's where it should be so others can see his hippocracey.

Great post