Media Thread - 2021/22

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Shirley said:
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Ex-Sunday Express football writer to take employers to tribunal after sacking for 'gross misconduct' over column criticising Liverpool FC - Press Gazette

A long-serving Sunday Express football writer has lost his appeal against being dismissed for “gross misconduct” for writing a column criticising Liverpool FC fans, but plans to take the matter to an employment tribunal. Colin Mafham, who worked as a journalist for 50 years, including 15 years...
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Even that article itself is biased in it's wording.
The journo writes, two days after Sean cox was allegedly attacked by Roma supporters,and follows that up by mentioning our bus being attacked by people,fucking people! what is she on about, did a bunch of random people not connected in anyway to the upcoming game just turn up and decide to brick a passing bus,it's laughable.
 
HelloCity said:
Not sure Jim White should be slagging off anyone for being pissed.
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A convicted drink driver like White moralising about Jack Grealish. This is the parallel universe some of these media hypocrites operate in. Nearly as funny as Simon Jordan (who has admitted losing £75m because of his disastrous financial dealings) lecturing clubs on financial management.
 
I hope Khaldoon is studying James Pearce’s interview with the LFC Director in today Athletic.

As you would expect it’s riddled with FFP cheating allegations and made up nonsense.

Hopefully there will be an appropriate response from Khaldoon when he gives his interview this week.
 
coolcity said:
As much as we slate the media, and would have been annoyed if it had been us, the guy is absolutely right and it's obvious to anybody that he only lost his job because the editor is a Liverpool fan. I sincerely hope he wins his claim and it's publicised on the news.

It pisses me off no end when the likes of Tyler always bangs on about their "magnificent fans" - let's see when we turn up next season, we'll probably need armoured cars. It's always annoyed me that they keep bleating about Hillsborough and have spent all these years looking for someone else to blame, yet Heysel is conveniently, quietly forgotten.
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He won a hefty settlement from them because they knew they would lose at tribunal, that article is not the end of the story
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Reach pays ‘substantial’ settlement to ex-Sunday Express football writer fired over column criticising Liverpool FC fans

A former Sunday Express football writer who was sacked last year over a column criticising Liverpool FC fans has accepted a substantial settlement from publisher Reach. Colin Mafham was suspended from the newspaper, where he spent 15 years on contract, in April last year and later dismissed for...
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LongsightM13 said:
He won a hefty settlement from them because they knew they would lose at tribunal, that article is not the end of the story
pressgazette.co.uk

Reach pays ‘substantial’ settlement to ex-Sunday Express football writer fired over column criticising Liverpool FC fans

A former Sunday Express football writer who was sacked last year over a column criticising Liverpool FC fans has accepted a substantial settlement from publisher Reach. Colin Mafham was suspended from the newspaper, where he spent 15 years on contract, in April last year and later dismissed for...
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‘Freedom of speech is of course crucial and I’d agree he shouldn’t have been suspended . Perhaps his own prejudices and dislike or perhaps jealousy of Liverpool’s current success somewhat skewed his judgement and personal bile crept into this journalistic. “ opinion piece”. Bringing up terrible events of 30 years ago probably was offensive much more’

they can’t stop talking about it themselves… maybe it’s only offensive when someone else brings it up..? Hmmm
 
The BBC has apologised after a message appeared on screen reading “Manchester United are rubbish”.

The line popped up on the BBC News ticker at the bottom of the screen during a tennis update on the 9am to 10am broadcast. Later in the morning, the presenter Annita McVeigh apologised to any Manchester United fans who may have been offended, saying the mistake had occurred as someone was learning how to operate the ticker and was “writing random things not in earnest”. Another message reading “Weather rain everywhere” also appeared on the ticker.

The BBC presenter and Manchester City fan Clive Myrie tweeted “I had nothing to do with this!!” with the hashtag mcfc, after City won the Premier League title on Sunday.
 
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Bantamgaz said:
Pep and the media need to get it into there heads that the majority of fans want city to win things over them scouse rats but sadly they don’t :( they pander to a bunch of glory hunting pricks from towns all over the county but they sadly can’t see it ....... I bet if they put a poll out all over the county on who they want to win the CL league it would be 75% in Madrid’s favour .........these bastards along with Sky and BT need to realise that the Uk on a whole hate the scouse twats and the laughable rags
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Whilst that’s true for the vast majority of actual football fans the sky bt market of such east Lancs reds pandering, is aimed towards the those who don’t really follow football. Those with no allegiance who toss a coin to pick which cheek of the same arse to pretend to follow.
 
Shirley said:
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Ex-Sunday Express football writer to take employers to tribunal after sacking for 'gross misconduct' over column criticising Liverpool FC - Press Gazette

A long-serving Sunday Express football writer has lost his appeal against being dismissed for “gross misconduct” for writing a column criticising Liverpool FC fans, but plans to take the matter to an employment tribunal. Colin Mafham, who worked as a journalist for 50 years, including 15 years...
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Much obliged...........
 
Mr-Mertle said:
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James Pearce in The Athletic this morning.
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Maybe he could do an article on Liverpool failing FFP in 2013 and getting away with it only because they failed to qualify for Europe therefore falling out of UEFA's punishment remit. Or in 2015 when they were on the verge of failing FFP again until they magicked out of the air £35 million of years old bogus 'stadium development expenses' for the non-existent Stanley Park Project. All passed as kosher and promptly brushed under the carpet by Rick Parry, who was on UEFA's FFP investigatory panel, and his pals.
 
Aphex said:
Quote from the comments:

‘Freedom of speech is of course crucial and I’d agree he shouldn’t have been suspended . Perhaps his own prejudices and dislike or perhaps jealousy of Liverpool’s current success somewhat skewed his judgement and personal bile crept into this journalistic. “ opinion piece”. Bringing up terrible events of 30 years ago probably was offensive much more’

they can’t stop talking about it themselves… maybe it’s only offensive when someone else brings it up..? Hmmm
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Their responses made me laugh:
"“We stand by our previous response that freedom of expression for journalists ‘is not a free pass to publish ill-informed, inaccurate, and misjudged comments’.”

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"In its response to the case last year, Reach had said: “When journalists are given a platform for their opinions, it comes with the quid pro quo that what they write is to be founded on fact and reasoned argument".

So what part of his article was ill-informed and inaccurate and wasn't founded on fact and reasoned argument then? Or did Hillsborough and Heysel (and the rest) never happen? And as he said, they were the ones who went ahead and published it!

and this:

" Bringing up terrible events of 30 years ago probably was offensive much more"

Yet they choose to "remember" it every year.

You couldn't make it up.
 
Groke said:
yep, constant lies and misinformation
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Truth-by-repetition: No matter how outrageous, repeated lies become the truth

It doesn't matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as the lie is repeated often enough, some people will believe it.
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I think the actual term is "As long as the lie is repeated often enough, most people will believe it". But it will always be the same, whatever we win they will keep pointing towards the money, FFP or whatever while completely ignoring the fact that the likes of Liverpool have managed to earn and spend as much. Nobody ever mentions Chelsea either, who under Abramovich seemed to have a bottomless money pit.
 
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