Exposing the hypocrisy of journalists

Rolee said:
Great entertainment on Twitter today.

McKenna is back in the game and I've just been blocked by him for asking a simple question. It's only the second occasion I've ever been blocked on Twitter, the first was John Aldridge, I feel honoured.
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In response to mild ribbing about his non-appearing article, MacKenna claimed to Rabin that he has a book in the works about the people behind City and two publishers interested. You can judge for yourselves, based on his track record, how likely you think he is to be telling the truth.
 
petrusha said:
In response to mild ribbing about his non-appearing article, MacKenna claimed to Rabin that he has a book in the works about the people behind City and two publishers interested. You can judge for yourselves, based on his track record, how likely you think he is to be telling the truth.
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Here's the thing about truth. He claimed in response to someone saying Daddy fixed him up with his career that his parents got divorced when he was 9. He's 34 now, so that would make it 1994 when his parents divorced. The trouble with that is that divorce didn't become legal in Ireland until 1996, with the first divorce in the country being granted in early '97. I merely asked was he sure of his dates, so he blocked me.
 
petrusha said:
In response to mild ribbing about his non-appearing article, MacKenna claimed to Rabin that he has a book in the works about the people behind City and two publishers interested. You can judge for yourselves, based on his track record, how likely you think he is to be telling the truth.
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2 publishers interested?

It's possible, but given the basic conflict of interests that Rabin has highlighted it's unlikely any publisher would touch it with a barge pole.
 
Rolee said:
Great entertainment on Twitter today.

McKenna is back in the game and I've just been blocked by him for asking a simple question. It's only the second occasion I've ever been blocked on Twitter, the first was John Aldridge, I feel honoured.
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You’re obviously not trying hard enough.
 
bluwes said:
I see Dr Duncan has joined the fray now.
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With egregious intellectual dishonesty (or, failing that, startling ineptitude), as shown below:



Rabin doesn't, as Duncan claims, say that he hasn't "worked in PR for Manchester City or UAE …", but that he hasn't "worked in PR or for Manchester City or UAE …" (my emphasis). It's a material omission because Duncan's wording is consistent with Rabin being a PR operative who's claiming never to have worked for City or the UAE, whereas Rabin's formulation expressly rules out working in PR as well as working for City or the UAE. In other words, it's much less "narrowly circumscribed" than is claimed. In my profession, if you can't accurately cite a quote despite having reproduced it immediately below, you wouldn't be well thought of.
 
These morons appear to be running scared of Rabin, when it's pretty obvious that he's just a fan who is pissed off with their egregious nonsense.

I would like to see how they'd react if City did actually decide to take action against some of them regarding their more outrageous claims.
 
homerdog said:
These morons appear to be running scared of Rabin, when it's pretty obvious that he's just a fan who is pissed off with their egregious nonsense.

I would like to see how they'd react if City did actually decide to take action against some of them regarding their more outrageous claims.
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Ban the cnuts from the ground sick of these parasites getting free food and drink then spouting bollocks in print or social media afterwards,oh but don’t ban them until we have give the fuckers a good digging in the press box ..
 
homerdog said:
These morons appear to be running scared of Rabin, when it's pretty obvious that he's just a fan who is pissed off with their egregious nonsense.

I would like to see how they'd react if City did actually decide to take action against some of them regarding their more outrageous claims.
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They'd no doubt sh*t themselves if they got a letter from the clubs solicitors on their doormat.
 
I can't get over how petty and childish some of the "professional" journalists are acting.

They've repeatedly been caught stating bullshit and not knowing their own subject matter by everyday fans, which they rightly should be embarrassed by. Instead of owning it and taking the necessary steps to rectify their loss of face properly, by doing some proper impartial research with an open view. Not just cherry picking bits and pieces, to justify the conclusion they wanted before they started writing.

Instead they just weaponise their medium and claim Rabin is a whole PR department and the fans who do engage with them via social media, have been "weaponised by those tricky Arabs"(whenever this kind of logic is applied by a member on here it's usually met with tinfoil hat jokes).

It just reeks of sad little men coming up with reasons why nobody is allowed to disagree with them or play them at their own game.

Since City fans have cottoned onto what you were clearly doing and in some cases continue to do. Why not instead knock that bullshit on the head and show the fans you have learned? That you aren't just out to tar and feather a club because you're a childish little Rag/Liverpool fanboy with a job that gives you a voice and a little bit of power that goes with that.

In any other line of work you'd have been called into the boss' office and given your marching orders, so stop with self pity inspired articles.
 
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Metalartin said:
I can't get over how petty and childish some of the "professional" journalists are acting.

They've repeatedly been caught stating bullshit and not knowing their own subject matter by everyday fans, which they rightly should be embarrassed by. Instead of owning it and taking the necessary steps to rectify their loss of face properly, by doing some proper impartial research with an open view. Not just cherry picking bits and pieces, to justify the conclusion they wanted before they started writing.

Instead they just weaponise their medium and claim Rabin is a whole PR department and the fans who do engage with them via social media, have been "weaponised by those tricky Arabs"(whenever this kind of logic is applied by a member on here it's usually met with tinfoil hat jokes).

It just reeks of sad little men coming up with reasons why nobody is allowed to disagree with them or play them at their own game.

Since City fans have cottoned onto what you were clearly doing and in some cases continue to do. Why not instead knock that bullshit on the head and show the fans you have learned? That you aren't just out to tar and feather a club because you're a childish little Rag/Liverpool fanboy with a job that gives you a voice and a little bit of power that goes with that.

In any other line of work you'd have been called into the boss' office and given your marching orders, so stop with self pity inspired articles.
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I'm ghoulishly fascinated by a group of professional journalists/writers who feel the need to attack a one-man Twitter account, for day after day. It doesn't say much for them.

I'm also quite entertained by the claims that the club have weaponised the fans. As I see it, the club haven't really said much and the journos have done the agitating.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
I'm ghoulishly fascinated by a group of professional journalists/writers who feel the need to attack a one-man Twitter account, for day after day. It doesn't say much for them.

I'm also quite entertained by the claims that the club have weaponised the fans. As I see it, the club haven't really said much and the journos have done the agitating.
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It's highly amusing to see them circling the wagons and trying to gang up on Rabin, only to be made to look foolish, time and time again, I love it.

They never seem to give direct answers, giving the excuse they don't want to converse with an anonymous account, yet they all take time out of their day to try and drag him down, utterly pathetic behaviour, from so called professionals. I think McKenna is still bitter about not getting his 'explosive' article published, or was it Delaney? One bellend is much like another to me.

Cowards, one and all.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
I'm also quite entertained by the claims that the club have weaponised the fans. As I see it, the club haven't really said much and the journos have done the agitating.
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They wanted City fans to take the Der Spiegel articles as proof of wrongdoing despite the fact we hadn't been found guilty of anything. When we didn't we were labelled 'vicious rats', if anything weaponised City fans it was when some in the press start attacking us.
 
Bilboblue said:
It's highly amusing to see them circling the wagons and trying to gang up on Rabin, only to be made to look foolish, time and time again, I love it.

They never seem to give direct answers, giving the excuse they don't want to converse with an anonymous account, yet they all take time out of their day to try and drag him down, utterly pathetic behaviour, from so called professionals. I think McKenna is still bitter about not getting his 'explosive' article published, or was it Delaney? One bellend is much like another to me.
Cowards, one and all.
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It's the game they're in, once they taken up the job, they've pissed on their chips !!
 
Great to see Rabin back to top form today. Like a top Blue, he’s not satisfied with humiliating 1 loser and he’s sorting out a few of them at a time.
 
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