Thanks for that Chapo. Very interesting summary.
So really the British press and now the broadcasting media are so embroiled with them there's no turning back. The alliance is so hard wired in that no matter how embarrassing and awkward it gets for the media defending their behaviour they just cannot cut the ties.
It must be quite difficult for the media to maintain such a positive narrative for a club (cult) that has such an over developed sense of entitlement and such an under developed sense of responsibility.