Manchester Evening News

[Shaelumstash]

When did journalism turn in to simple race to get the most hits on the website?

It's obviously been going that way for a while, but there used to be some kind of journalistic integrity left on the established newspapers. This is the kind of article you'd expect from Goal.com or BleacherReport.

How has his editor let this go live / to print? He'd know for certain it had absolutely no factual merit. It was that badly researched that it would probably have been pulled apart if it had been a post on Red Cafe.

The MEN have now printed two articles in response to it, getting no doubt more hits off the back of this trips article.

I understand that the nature of modern media means simply reporting facts is no longer commercially viable, and you have to create controversy / debate sometimes. But knowingly printing lies just to get attention is the beginning of the end for real journalism.

 

[The Pink Panther]

Think people should lay off Stuart now. He's had the decency to come on here and have his say and clearly he's not in agreement with the article. I'd be pretty surprised if Lynch writes another article for the MEN again judging by Stuart's last comments so that's good enough for me, though an apology wouldn't go amiss either.

Jay, you think they will apologise when they've printed the article on the back page!

 

[steviemc]

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I understand some of the upset here, but the suggestions that this is one-sided and that we never do stuff like this about United should take note of these:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/revealed-manchester-uniteds-old-trafford-2592078" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... rd-2592078</a>

and

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-figures-reveal-five-times-3003108" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... es-3003108</a>

David Lynch's piece was ill-advised, flawed and badly-timed in my opinion, but it was not part of some wider agenda.

Stuart the bit I don't get in all this is why would a Manchester paper trash its own readers whether they support City or United. This is not banter it's snidey patronising drivel. You might expect it in a London red-top but it is crazy for a local paper to do it to its own customers. I accept there is no agenda but it is incredibly unprofessional

 

[PistonBlue]

So many haters these days, but from a newspaper based in our own city? Unforgivable for me.
It will be a long time before I buy it again.

 

[Keith Moon]

Perhaps it was a clever move by our media team to deflect attention away from Monday's game.

Thats clever.

 

[Jimbob]

The geeky looking fuckwit has changed the settings on his account I think, I can't look at his page now, I don't even have Twitter but was able to see the shite he was posting the other day easily enough, has he deleted it?

I mean Lynch by the way, not Brennan.

 

[The Future's Blue]

Amazes me that Blues would give them the time of a click. There's so many adverts it makes you wonder where the story is (story being the operative word).

 

[We're not really here]

I personally can't stand Brennan either. He may well come on here but without exception he always finds a way of delivering a smart arse put down to a post. Sorry but deep down he is a rag, always has been. That sack of shit that calls itself a newspaper will sink into oblivion soon with any luck.

 

[Wilf Wild 1937]

I defended Brennan on here yesterday saying basically that the MUEN had hung him out to dry and Lynch had undone all his good work.
I'm now looking objectively at the facts:-
1 Stuart works for this piece of toilet paper.
2 He is a self confessed Rag.
3 His case "for the defence" was published next to Lynch's "case for the prosecution" in today's back page.
4 His attitude when posting on here was quite cocky - along the lines of the club haven't objected so screw you.

Anybody else think he's just playing the part of "good cop" here when the reality is a cop is just a cop?