Mark Hughes fucking up at being a football manager since 2008
mancini sat in the stands taking his job at man city
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On Sunday, there was a Sky programme called Sunday Supplement which featured a "journalist" called Rob Beasley from the News of the World. During the program he went into ten minute rant where he accused Manchester City of "moral bankruptcy", this was because he was under the mistaken impression that Roberto Mancini had watched the Manchester City vs Sunderland game in December 2009 from the Stands at Eastlands knowing that it was Mark Hughes last game in charge before Mancini took charge.
This accusation was readily accepted as fact by the other journalists on the programme and, not to put too fine a point of it, Man City took their customary pummelling from the panel as they have no class and no moral compass.
Anyway, several concerned Man City fans were watching the program and reported the program to Man City's Press and Communications Officer Vicki Kloss, after a couple of days the fans received this response from Vicki
"Dear ***** and ******
I hope you are well. An update for you since my last note.
I have contacted all four journalists on Sunday Supplement this weekend and have received a full and unreserved apology from Rob Beasley on the phone and in writing , as he now recognises that Roberto Mancini wasn’t in the stands on the day in question. He is going to make the correction the next time he is on the show. I have also set up a meeting with Brian Woolnough for next week to discuss all matters relating to the football club, on and off the field as well as the structure here and in Abu Dhabi.
From a legal point of view, (and I consulted with our London based media lawyers on Sunday and again on Monday), technically a breach has taken place. Pragmatic legal advice however is that pursuit of this would be risky and potentially counter productive.
My view is that if the breach is corrected, it is better to influence and explain than to slap on a ban ( not that media organisations can be banned from the matches anyway. Bans can realistically only be applied to press conferences) In our situation, when we haven’t yet achieved on the pitch, it is far better to engage than to create even deeper rooted enemies, who, if they are so willing can step up their criticism to an even higher level.
This is not about mute acceptance of antagonistic and/or erroneous reporting. We have taken legal action on several occasions in the past few months in certain circumstances and will continue to do so when appropriate, however a longer term strategy is required when dealing with these matters as we try to inform slowly but surely, key figures in media, government and the football authorities.
I appreciate your contact. Please feel free to get in touch with the future about this or any other matter.
Best wishes
Vicky Kloss
Chief Communications Officer"
and here is Rob Beasleys written apology
"Believe me I do care about getting my facts right.
That's why I am concerned about your earlier e-mail in which you say Sky retracted their story of Mancini being at the match the day Hughesy got the bullet.
I saw the original story before the game and was gobsmacked. I'd never heard anything like it.
I did NOT see the retraction later.
I was not at the City game either, and I was not working on the Hughes out/Mancini in story so never found out the full detail - until now.
But I promise you since that day I have genuinely believed that Mancini was there and I just couldn't believe City or Roberto would stoop so low.
Why else would I speak out so vociferously about it?
This was the major incident that has coloured my opinion about City ever since, wrongly as it seems.
I too have looked into the matter today and fear you may well be right which obviously means I am in the wrong.
That's ok. I was "honestly" wrong if you can understand what I mean. I wasn't dishonestly, deviously and deliberately peddling something I knew to be untrue.
I just believed a bulletin from a widely respected, reputable organisation and missed their subsequent apology.
So thanks for putting me properly in the picture.
I delighted Mancini and City aren't that bad after all. Hurrah!
And I'm very sorry for saying they were.
All the best
Rob
PS: Chelsea top of two leagues tonight!!! C'mon the Blues!"
Rob Beasley does have "form" in this kind of matter, he is an ardent Chelsea fan and on the morning of a Champions League quarter final between Chelsea and Liverpool he published an article in the Sun that was a litany of lies and misquotations about Liverpool that he was forced to retract and apologise for.
Anyway just a little tale about agendas and the machinations of the press, I found it quite interesting and illuminating, hope you did too!
