Media Thread - 2021/22

[bluealf]

Bit of a late moan, it was about England's game tbh and I forgot by the time I got home.

R4 had that scouse fan on reporting on the England result, he mentioned the booing and the fact we won 3-0 but not once did he mention a single City player, odd considering one scored and all three goals were set up by City players.

Strange reporting that.

John Murray is the reporter they go to.

 

[wahablue]

If the club won,t do anything to stop GN spouting financial shite ,is there any procedure for the fans to demand his”proof” that the Club and it’s Auditors are telling “lies”.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Legal action is not the only recourse. Active reputation management can be very effective. Suppose, for example, City put out a statement showing the errors in Neville's comment (he got the figures for sponsorship, which he failed to quote, all wrong) in a slightly withering tone. He would just look stupid or lying to suit his agenda.

Spot-on. Legal action is the last resort. But it is basic good practice to correct false information about your business if it is in the public domain. If you don't correct the lies then eventually the false narrative takes hold. This is how Putin has duped his own population. City have not been proactive enough in defending our reputation.
Neville is a prominent public figure not a loon on Twitter like so many of our critics. I am not really worried about the loons. For example it was a mistake for City not to respond to the wild allegations from Rob Harris about Pep after the Watford FA Cup Final. Rob Harris works for AP one of the world's biggest and most respected news agencies and his content is seen by millions of people in hundreds of publications and websites across the world. You cant just ignore it.

 

[Paladin]

Bit of a late moan, it was about England's game tbh and I forgot by the time I got home.

R4 had that scouse fan on reporting on the England result, he mentioned the booing and the fact we won 3-0 but not once did he mention a single City player, odd considering one scored and all three goals were set up by City players.

Strange reporting that.

John Murray is the reporter they go to.

It was similar in the running commentary for last week's game too. Manchester United's Luke Shaw makes his xth appearance. Man United captain Harry Maguire ties his lace, etc. Very few other players had their team names attributed, although Palace did get a mention.

 

[bluealf]

Legal action is not the only recourse. Active reputation management can be very effective. Suppose, for example, City put out a statement showing the errors in Neville's comment (he got the figures for sponsorship, which he failed to quote, all wrong) in a slightly withering tone. He would just look stupid or lying to suit his agenda.

I take it a call to the embassy is a step too far then?

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

Jusr what is this supposed to mean?

It means more of course.
More bollocks.

 

[KS55]

I take it a call to the embassy is a step too far then?

Not necessarily.

 

[LongsightM13]

Lol!

Absolutely obsessed. They are deranged

 

[discopop]

Absolutely obsessed. They are deranged

Voyeurs

 

[LongsightM13]

I take it a call to the embassy is a step too far then?

Bernard Manning died a few years ago, mate

 

[LongsightM13]

Jusr what is this supposed to mean?

Online headlines are now written not to inform, engage or entertain the reader.
Instead they are slaves to something called SEO or “Search engine optimisation”
This is an attempt to game the system by hitting the sweet spot of the Google search algorithm, so that your own article appears above those of your rivals in a Google search.
So they have crammed in Haaland, transfer, Liverpool and City.
The placement of individual words in a headline also affects the algorithm.
That is why so many online headlines like the one above are essentially war crimes against grammar.
But who cares about our native language? It’s all about the clicks and the ad revenue

 

[stan bowles]

Can anyone confirm that Neville did actually say what is claimed about our sponsorships? All I can see is other idiots quoting him online without any links to his musings.

I've looked through all his tweets of the last 2 weeks and can't see anything. Has he said it as part of his The Overlap Live Fan Debate ? Watched the first 15 minutes (out of 90) and it's all United and questions about United.

 

[Blue Mist]

& he shot Bambi

@Citizen Green Your post shows how dangerous fake news is and how, the more it is repeated, the more it is accepted.

It was Bambis mum

 

[Shaggy]

 

[Postman Pep]

Good read this

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

Interesting question:

Would anyone debate that our reputation has been damaged by the constant, unabated media onslaught since the Der Speigel leaks in 2018? And would it be any better if we had taken an aggressive, defensive stance with legal action?

I think it would be even worse, & when you look at it like that, City’s approach starts to make more sense imo.

Yes but l wonder at times if we appear be a soft target for journos, particularly the WhatsApp gang and generally there is a confident air for the Hateful Eight even to approach a court to try and get some benefit?
Also the hard of thinking often hold the opinion 'They don't deny it, they must be guilty'. Even if completely wrong in law, it helps build a tsunami against us.
I believe that a single well chosen action would make the rest think twice perhaps an injunction
as libel and malicious falsehood actions take ages even without logjams caused by Covid.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Bernard Manning died a few years ago, mate

You’re on form tonight L.

 

[KS55]

Online headlines are now written not to inform, engage or entertain the reader.
Instead they are slaves to something called SEO or “Search engine optimisation”
This is an attempt to game the system by hitting the sweet spot of the Google search algorithm, so that your own article appears above those of your rivals in a Google search.
So they have crammed in Haaland, transfer, Liverpool and City.
The placement of individual words in a headline also affects the algorithm.
That is why so many online headlines like the one above are essentially war crimes against grammar.
But who cares about our native language? It’s all about the clicks and the ad revenue

Thanks for That. I knew SEO existed but not how it created gobbledygook. God help us.

 

[Paladin]

Good read this

We need @Marvin to summarise it for us.

 

[Centurions]

I've looked through all his tweets of the last 2 weeks and can't see anything. Has he said it as part of his The Overlap Live Fan Debate ? Watched the first 15 minutes (out of 90) and it's all United and questions about United.

Someone else said it was The Overlap but I've never listened to one and couldn't tell you which one it would be. I suspect that the moron who Tweeted his supposed comments may have slightly twisted what he said.