Media bias against City

[poh]

I used to have a problem with the bias but I realised awhile back that for specific types of brands it's better to have attention than to be ignored, and given that to the mass consumer (not us blues) we are a *new* product and thus if we were given constant positive publicity the mass consumer would potentially switch off and ignore us: look at these new kids on the block, fuck them, they are plastic. So we'd be more of a "fad"

But through long term media attention, be it negative or positive, the brand gathers new followers (2.57m twitter, 19mil. on facebook, 1.1mil on instagram, 424,968 subscribers • 177,592,134 views on Youtube....)

Which is amazing when you think about how many people would of bought our end of season dvd for 2006/2007.

Alot of the online content followers are self-confessed fans of other clubs, as you can visibly see it on every picture/post/video plenty of comments of people saying: "hey, great video, but i support arsenal"

So this is a wet dream for companies wishing to gain exposure to football supporters.

Long term the 15yr old current arsenal fan who enjoys our youtube channel may eventually have kids of his own and they will get exposed to MCFC and may decide to support city instead. Go and watch a kids team training on a local park, every one of em is wearing a Barcelona shirt lol... they probably couldn't say a spanish sentence between each other and would never of heard of Rivaldo yet they watch Barca every week and set them as their default team on EA Sports FIFA.

This is where CFG is going. it's very raggish/corporate like and sadly the old city we remember will eventually be long gone as the younger fanbases come in, but this is what success attracts.

All the kids huddled around their screens right now playing FIFA/PES couldn't give a hoots what's written in The Mirror. These kids think KDB is quality because they signed him on Footy Manager and he was a star for them lol.

That's a damm fine post blue

 

[yeah whatever !!]

 

[jacko74]

He looks like someone has dropped one in his vicinity in that photo.

Maybe I am getting paranoid but this is something else I've noticed with the whole media agenda thing... Whenever there's a City related story the accompanying pic always seem to show a City player with a pained/frustrated/sad look on his face, when they've obviously just conceded a goal or missed a sitter etc... Where as any rag/dipper articles always show pics of their players in some moment of glorious triumph having just scored a goal or won a match.

To me it's all about subliminal messaging... trying to portray all things City related as being sad frustrated losers.

 

[warspite]

What has this headline got anything to do with City.He `aint our player yet.I couldn`t give a fuck what they print and I guess neither could the powers that be at City,unless of course it becomes libellous.

I meant in general 'Media bias against City' nothing is ever countered, as someone has posted we need a Rottweiler not a Labrador, get them off their fat arses and earn their corn

 

[HelloCity]

Oh look, is John Cross a bitter London based Journo/Gooner by any chance?

And then he follows his agenda driven headline with this on his Twitter page.

#johncrossisac***! https://twitter.com/johncrossmirror

I hope City fans can somehow see this as a positive. The media hate for us hasn't been this high for our transfers since around 2011.

That's a good thing.

The media only get like this with us when we're bringing in quality players. They never reacted like this when we were signing the likes of Sinclair & Fernando, & even Navas, Negredo & Fernandinho.

But now we're buying players such as Sterling & De Bruyne (hopefully!), players that will improve our already good starting XI, they're desperately trying to spin positives into negatives.

We're doing well and they know it.

 

[yeah whatever !!]

I hope City fans can somehow see this as a positive. The media hate for us hasn't been this high for our transfers since around 2011.

That's a good thing.

The media only get like this with us when we're bringing in quality players. They never reacted like this when we were signing the likes of Sinclair & Fernando, & even Navas, Negredo & Fernandinho.

But now we're buying players such as Sterling & De Bruyne (hopefully!), players that will improve our already good starting XI, they're desperately trying to spin positives into negatives.

We're doing well and they know it.

"We're doing well and they know it".

Of course they do,but negative stories about City sells as it enlightens the sad fooks lives who buy into it.

 

[Garry.Cook]

It never ends

This is the "Chelsea flop" who played for them 3 times when he was 21. Sounds less like a flop and more like a lad who wasn't given a chance. Imagine he'd been left out in the cold by us and then did what he did at Wolfsburg...we'd never hear the end of it!

 

[manimanc]

The media have their cocks out for arsenal, the rags, Chelsea and the mickeys.
The media have their knives out for mcfc.
That is all.

 

[mancity dan]

I hope City fans can somehow see this as a positive. The media hate for us hasn't been this high for our transfers since around 2011.

That's a good thing.

The media only get like this with us when we're bringing in quality players. They never reacted like this when we were signing the likes of Sinclair & Fernando, & even Navas, Negredo & Fernandinho.

But now we're buying players such as Sterling & De Bruyne (hopefully!), players that will improve our already good starting XI, they're desperately trying to spin positives into negatives.

We're doing well and they know it.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

 

[tonea2003]

i get the mirrors headlines on KDB is all about satisfying the hordes of armchairs rag/candlepool/gooner fanbase

but that is terrible journalism even for john cross and even if i remember correctly he was positive over sterling move