PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

slbsn said:
They are entitled to have another view and to write it.
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Everybody is entitled to any view they want, however if u r going to publicly express said view AND be paid for it then the view should be fair, balanced and well researched otherwise it is just an opinion or a piece of PR and should be treated as such, if a journalist writes city are going to be punished or should be punished and heres why, that is NOT journalism that is somebody expressing an opinion, granted it may be on a larger platform but shouldnt be mistaken for journalism and that is what alot of journalists seem to have forgotten that their opinion is not journalism it is their opinion and an attempt to shape the narrative, a journalists job is to express the salient facts of a situation in a way people can understand and let them make their own decision, it is NOT expressing their opinion and reporting it as fact, they have forgotten that.
 
CoventryBlue said:
And Rick Parry, David Gill aren't involved at PL level. Notice Tony Evans and Tariq Panja are more out of the loop now too..

Having the panel mention the snide leaking to friendly journalists all along this process would be a big win for me, especially if tied to non-cooperation justification
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I believe that United stepped back from the smear campaign when Ratcliffe came in. He knows Khaldoon and has done business with him in the past. He also wanted Omar Berrada and needs Middle East money for the new stadium, so doesn't want to rock the boat. Gill and Parry were involved in the UEFA case leaks. The PL case has been a lot tighter.
 
BillyShears said:
For the record, if you ring up City's comms department (the number is publicly available), and ask if they've been given the verdict they will say "no we haven't". It doesn't require a nudge, a wink, or anything like that. It's not a state secret. Nobody is talking out of turn. It's literally a statement of fact.
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We have a Comms department??
 
slbsn said:
Maybe. So what?

"Following orders" - deary me
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I’ve always found being being subservient a very distasteful attribute.

I’ve not got much to say about the journalists they mention as I don’t read the guardian any more but just wanted to express how I could sympathise with that view.
 
I have always maintained (can’t remember when I first posted it) that this is a smear campaign against us.
The punishment is the ongoing damage to our reputation. The hacked emails were the vehicle to give the perpetrators a semblance of substance.
The Perpetrators are very often narcissistic which would fit the Rag,Dipper,Arse air of superiority. Although smear campaigns are nothing new it is a favourite Yank tactic.
And this is still my view, guilty of nothing but victim of a smear campaign which is why I think we will prevail.
 
BillyShears said:
For the record, if you ring up City's comms department (the number is publicly available), and ask if they've been given the verdict they will say "no we haven't". It doesn't require a nudge, a wink, or anything like that. It's not a state secret. Nobody is talking out of turn. It's literally a statement of fact.
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Is that how you got your info? ;)
 
slbsn said:
Didn't realise it was some confidential story - apologies.

The issue with this generally is that, in my view/experience, nobody is offering any City fan any money to be anti City for pay. So as I say paranoid nonsense. Taking all the media coverage far too seriously.
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It's more because negative City content is more commercially valuable in terms of attracting a big online audience. There is a big appetite from a huge volume of LFC, MUFC and Arsenal fans for City "knocking stories" which are also read by City fans ourselves. The legacy media is struggling so there is a huge pressure to chase declining revenues. The stories which generate the most clicks will always be the most prominent. It's not so much that journalists are told what to write (though most media firms have an established editorial angle on many issues) but they soon learn what is most likely to be published or broadcast. They want to hang on to their jobs.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
It's more because negative City content is more commercially valuable in terms of attracting a big online audience. There is a big appetite from a huge volume of LFC, MUFC and Arsenal fans for City "knocking stories" which are also read by City fans ourselves. The legacy media is struggling so there is a huge pressure to chase declining revenues. The stories which generate the most clicks will always be the most prominent. It's not so much that journalists are told what to write (though most media firms have an established editorial angle on many issues) but they soon learn what is most likely to be published or broadcast. They want to hang on to their jobs.
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Yup this. IO dont think any sane City fan thinks there is an organised conspiracy. Follow the money though.. Yes, thats where the bias is. It pays to knock City, literally pays.
 
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