I keep typing the start of a post and then cancel it as I keep going off at a tangent and there you go and plant one firmly and squarely on the nail's head.gordondaviesmoustache said:Not just restricted to footballing matters, can anyone conceive of any local newspaper up and down the land printing an article trying to question the efficacy of a substantial investment in their local area and the creation of a significant number of jobs for people within their readership? Or even going as far as putting a case against such an investment?
It simply would never happen because of the way their journalists are conditioned to think about such things. The fact that an MEN reporter did not think along those lines in this instance seems to say a great deal about the prevailing culture within that publication towards City.
I think we could go one better and track him in real time in the big screens, identifying him by..... you guessed it, a big red circle.The Flash said:I think it only right an proper that David Lynch should cover the next home match from the stadium. Perhaps we can chip in to purchase a hi-vis jacket with his name writ large on the back?
I presume you mean the pedants.aguero93:20 said:That'll give the pedantics a laugh.
Pedantic is an adjective, not a noun. ;-)west didsblue said:I presume you mean the pedants.aguero93:20 said:That'll give the pedantics a laugh.
Pedantic is an adjective not a noun;-)
oakiecokie said:squirtyflower said:It could be that the paper has either been briefed or it has taken upon itself to try and put a negative spin on the stadium expansion.gordondaviesmoustache said:Not just restricted to footballing matters, can anyone conceive of any local newspaper up and down the land printing an article trying to question the efficacy of a substantial investment in their local area and the creation of a significant number of jobs for people within their readership? Or even going as far as putting a case against such an investment?
It simply would never happen because of the way their journalists are conditioned to think about such things. The fact that an MEN reporter did not think along those lines in this instance seems to say a great deal about the prevailing culture within that publication towards City.
Why not write an article that may put doubts in the minds of the councillors on the planning committee who meet in six days time to discuss the building works
Maybe, just maybe, the MEN rags, or the real rags, are doing some shit stirring in the hope that they can derail our express
Oh for goodness sake squirty,I hope that was meant in jest ? If not what a pile of shit mate.
Lucky Toma said:I've told this story a few times on here and Im in danger of being a one-trick pony regarding it but it's pertinent to this so...
When I started writing for a fairly big website (bigger than MEN) I was asked to write an opinion piece on why a player should join City and not United. My remit was to 'wind a few United fans up' because their ire translates to hits.
So I did and it was my pleasure.
The response was incredible, the most extreme being a couple of death threats (plus all manner of 'I know where you live and Im going to chop your fucking hands off' rants) and me gaining a genuinely creepy online stalker who would comment wherever I was subsequently published with a plea to the publication not to hire me in future. This weirdo pieced together various info about me from my articles and would mention them in his rants beneath something else Id write in another publication entirely. Was unnerving.
Anyway I digress. When I got the threats I was elated. Bring it on. Its incredibly difficult to make a name for yourself in the modern media full of blogs and to stand out so it was all grist to the mill for me.
In this instance though - although I suspect the circumstances are similar in that the lad's boss has obviously told him to write an inflammatory piece to wind a set of supporters up - it is noticably different.
Firstly what he has written is a pack of lies. Pathetic, wumming untruths. Whereas mine was entirely opinion so I could stand by that.
Secondly, the response from most blues here isnt trolling abuse but rather a genuine anger.
And its an anger that has prompted the paper - who I suspect initially wanted this degree of response - to bottle it and backtrack furiously.
I may have read this all wrong but my feeling is that the lad will be thrown to the wolves after being asked to do something by an employer. I have little sympathy for him but that doesnt detract from who the real villains are here.
de niro said:oakiecokie said:squirtyflower said:It could be that the paper has either been briefed or it has taken upon itself to try and put a negative spin on the stadium expansion.
Why not write an article that may put doubts in the minds of the councillors on the planning committee who meet in six days time to discuss the building works
Maybe, just maybe, the MEN rags, or the real rags, are doing some shit stirring in the hope that they can derail our express
Oh for goodness sake squirty,I hope that was meant in jest ? If not what a pile of shit mate.
its far nearer the truth than the article!
perhaps you can answer the simple question,
what was thier motive ? the real one i mean.
oakiecokie said:de niro said:oakiecokie said:Oh for goodness sake squirty,I hope that was meant in jest ? If not what a pile of shit mate.
its far nearer the truth than the article!
perhaps you can answer the simple question,
what was thier motive ? the real one i mean.
I`ve covered all this before,however to suggest that this could result in possible damage to our extension is as cringeworthy as the fucking article itself.Do you honestly believe that someone from MCC,gives a fuck what a spotty no-mark scouser thinks about our plans ?
Drama queens spring to mind.
Mike N said:oakiecokie said:de niro said:its far nearer the truth than the article!
perhaps you can answer the simple question,
what was thier motive ? the real one i mean.
I`ve covered all this before,however to suggest that this could result in possible damage to our extension is as cringeworthy as the fucking article itself.Do you honestly believe that someone from MCC,gives a fuck what a spotty no-mark scouser thinks about our plans ?
Drama queens spring to mind.
Couldnt have put it better myself! Time to stop talking about this embarrassing attention seeker.
blue underpants said:Durham on talkshite just mentioned it now, ''62,000 will they really fill that, we was there for the WHU semi final, it wasn't full for a big game like that''
One shit report in MEN and its starting to filter down the food chain!