Liverpool Thread - 2021/22

[Spanishbob]

Once l found a full report on a Liverpool match.
It was heavily biased to them yet it was the local weekly paper of a small town in Kent. The report was a couple of days out of date and rather pointless as an item of 'news'.
It was in a Reach plc paper. They have the ability to do this in any of the dozens of papers It owns around the country. Even the MUEN.

How come the monopoly commission hasn’t looked into this wholesale takeover of publications in the shires? If you have one mainstream paper dictating what’s published in these regional papers then what chance the public(of none red persuasion) got of learning the whole picture.

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

How come the monopoly commission hasn’t looked into this wholesale takeover of publications in the shires? If you have one mainstream paper dictating what’s published in these regional papers then what chance the public(of none red persuasion) got of learning the whole picture.

I don't know the breakdown between printed and online titles in that group but nearly 200 on total is a big amount even if they are all duplicated. So a lot of potential influence.
Years ago Murdochs take over of Sky was resisted in certain quarters because of a potential monopoly. He only had the Sun and the Times a very small number especially compared with the Reach stable.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

How come the monopoly commission hasn’t looked into this wholesale takeover of publications in the shires? If you have one mainstream paper dictating what’s published in these regional papers then what chance the public(of none red persuasion) got of learning the whole picture.

I don't think it attracts the same level of scrutiny from the regulators.

The argument might be made that the locals would go bust anyway. Locals have been in a downwards spiral for a long time.

 

[blue aura]

What a ****, if we already didn't know.

 

[Ric]

Regardless of how you feel about Liverpool as a club, this is still pretty heartwarming stuff:

 

[JULES]

errrrr.... from rawk, of course

Abu Dhabi fans default setting is to be angry at Liverpool.

It’s just jealousy, as it doesn’t matter what they ‘win’, they know it’s meaningless. And Liverpool is everything they wish they where. Winning the right way, a wonderful human being as manager rather than a paranoid hypocrite who is only there for the money. European royalty, sell outs every game, incredible history built from scratch, basically everything they want and will never have, as everything they do have these days is built on dirty money.

 

[mat]

Regardless of how you feel abou Liverpool as a club, this is still pretty heartwarming stuff:

You're fucked Ric.

No one on here will give the scousers any credit.

:)1

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Regardless of how you feel abou Liverpool as a club, this is still pretty heartwarming stuff:

Nice gesture but didn't need to have any involvement from the sponsors.

 

[city986]

If full covid testing is being reintroduced will there form drop off again just asking

 

[Northblue]

What a ****, if we already didn't know.

I guess they’re not the first English club to win all 6 CL group stage games then?

I wish the whole city could just fuck off into the Irish Sea, both parties would be happy