Exposing the hypocrisy of journalists

[Metalartin]

Twitter is down at the moment

It appears twitter is down, nothing loading for me

Ah, thought that was too good to be true. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Ah, thought that was too good to be true. Thanks for clarifying.

Back up now - Strangely coincided with Trump's social media conference.

 

[Metalartin]

Back up now - Strangely coincided with Trump's social media conference.

Thanks.

Here it is:



Since it's never good to use the Mirror as a source here's the same story from the Liverpool Echo:
Liverpool visited by Saudi Arabian royal family after agreement is reached with Reds kit providers New Balance

I suppose there isn't anything concrete there but it does seem strange that New Balance met in Liverpool and watched a game with them if there was no Liverpool related business done during that visit. Liverpool probably did get something out of that arrangement. It would be a dream if something shows up in footyleaks, not that they would share it for "the good of public interests" or whatever line they used for the City smear campaign. Much like the £50m wrote off for the stadium that never got built.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Nice to see Delaney being pulled up again. Worth reading the fulkl thread to see Delayneys climb down, scared of libelous comments.



*Applause to Mark McLaughlin

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Nice to see Delaney being pulled up again. Worth reading the fulkl thread to see Delayneys climb down, scared of libelous comments.



*Applause to Mark McLaughlin

Does Mark know nothing?

It's because they don't own a red shirted team...all that effort. ;)

 

[TCIB]

Well done Mark!

 

[andyhinch]

Does Mark know nothing?

It's because they don't own a red shirted team...all that effort. ;)

They don’t like a straight question do they.

 

[rugbyblue]

I contacted the Independent regarding the incorrect reporting in Delaney's article in our cup final win, where he confused Etihad and Emirates as being the same, and us being sponsored by a dubai airline (which he has lied about ever reporting):

(And here's Delaney lying that he'd ever reported it, which he has ignored dozens of links to)

Within 1 hour, they'd corrected it to the below. And in so doing, just made the same mistake, but in the opposite direction, where apparently now Etihad sponsor the FA Cup:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...s-goals-pep-guardiola-abu-dhabi-a8920441.html

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I have a different perspective on all of this, as frankly I'm finding the semantics battle on both sides a bit exhausting.

I'm still trying to figure out what new information Delaney has uncovered on his own. What story has he broken about City?

It's one thing to repeat/report what others have, and another to editorialize on what others have uncovered, which he seems to do regularly. But he's no investigative journalist. This isn't Bob Woodward here. Delaney's a salesman, there to generate clicks and eyeballs and thus earn a salary as advertisers pay his platform for the clicks and eyeballs he generates with his repetition of the work of others and his particular spin.

It's even more important in a world where the democratization of platforms allows for the untrained and the un-expert to spew facts, lies and opinions on a non-stop basis daily in vast volumes. Newspapers and periodicals are dying -- revenue is more important than ever because the field in infinitely more competitive with a gazillion entities offering "perspective" (good or bad) for free.

This is at the heart of the disagreement here: the world doesn't need Miguel Delaney. Very little if anything would be lost to the world's understanding of football were he to up and quit and become a goat-herder in the Himalayas. He doesn't add value.

Much as we might find Der Spiegel's articles inflammatory or specious, they were new ground broken. Delaney doesn't appear to offer that.

And this is why it is easy -- and probably correct -- for City fans to conclude he only has a bias or motive for what he publishes. His professional existence is fundamentally BASED on it, because he adds no value on the "new information" front.

And no journalist wants to admit that. You're getting the very heart of his essence. Of course he's going to be defensive. He's cornered. Like the rat he is.

 

[cleavers]

I contacted the Independent regarding the incorrect reporting in Delaney's article in our cup final win, where he confused Etihad and Emirates as being the same, and us being sponsored by a dubai airline (which he has lied about ever reporting):

(And here's Delaney lying that he'd ever reported it, which he has ignored dozens of links to)

Even his "correction" is wrong as the FA Cup is sponsored by arsenal's main sponsor not ours.