Media bias against City

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bluesoup said:
Wow double patronised.. Yes, i know all about the oil diversification business models of the UAE and yes, I do know that part of the world well - better than your assumptions. Doing nothing when their reputation and business model is threatened sounds lame. They may not wish to take things heads on, in full view or public view but, to do 'nothing' sounds out of type. When you go back to the UAE try saying to a prominent business man that he and his families money stink and that he cheated his way to success. Then, maybe, stereotype him and call them on their principles. Let's see if he gladly accepts it because we might stop saying it someday... Let me know how you fair?

Ps You kinda sound like a media department spinning their lack of influence on several years of media bias on the owners background - culture - cv.
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I have to support @The perfect fumble here as I've heard it first hand. The club will take action where it's warranted but you might not see that action, as most of the time it ends with a sum paid to charity. I think the only time we took legal action was over a story in that filthy rag The Sun, which stated the the Sheikh had given all the players very expensive watches. This was agreed to be factually incorrect and an apology issued:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2665078/Manchester-City-FC-and-Sheikh-Mansour.html
A report on 16 July stated that Sheikh Mansour, owner of Manchester City FC, had given a number of players watches worth £168,000 when he met them at a reception in Abu Dhabi. We now understand that the report was incorrect. No such gifts were made and Sheikh Mansour was not present. We are happy to set the record straight and apologise for any embarrassment caused.
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But the instruction from the top is to take a softly-softly approach, rather than do a Baconface and ban everyone in sight. Our approach now is that if someone wants an exclusive interview, then they also have to write something positive about the club, such as the re-development of East Manchester or our community involvement. They've taken great trouble to get some influential journalists on-side but people like Jackson and Herbert, who act as though they're in the pay of the rag PR team, are clearly not interested. We also can't fight the fact that a story about the rags will get 6 or 7 times the hits that an identical story about us would get.

Let's remember that our owners are used to a local media which is respectful and generally uncritical. Getting used to a press corps that seemingly goes out of its way to distort stuff for its own purposes has taken some adjustment but that's their strategy.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
I have to support @The perfect fumble here as I've heard it first hand. The club will take action where it's warranted but you might not see that action, as most of the time it ends with a sum paid to charity. I think the only time we took legal action was over a story in that filthy rag The Sun, which stated the the Sheikh had given all the players very expensive watches. This was agreed to be factually incorrect and an apology issued:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2665078/Manchester-City-FC-and-Sheikh-Mansour.html


But the instruction from the top is to take a softly-softly approach, rather than do a Baconface and ban everyone in sight. Our approach now is that if someone wants an exclusive interview, then they also have to write something positive about the club, such as the re-development of East Manchester or our community involvement. They've taken great trouble to get some influential journalists on-side but people like Jackson and Herbert, who act as though they're in the pay of the rag PR team, are clearly not interested. We also can't fight the fact that a story about the rags will get 6 or 7 times the hits that an identical story about us would get.

Let's remember that our owners are used to a local media which is respectful and generally uncritical. Getting used to a press corps that seemingly goes out of its way to distort stuff for its own purposes has taken some adjustment but that's their strategy.
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Thanks PB for that post.

I sometimes wonder if the main reason Jackson and Herbert write in the way they do to be deliberately provocative. Obviously they appeal to the other supporters in their readership but how they would love a direct intervention from our owner.
I can sense the outraged indignation from them citing free speech and the lack of it in some Arab States.

Not suggesting it is racist more to do with having little ammunition to throw at a well funded well run Club that has a Business Plan that is much better than any of its competition. Just a case of sticking to the plan and being pedantically correct in the way this is done.
 
MCFC1993 said:
This tweet reeks of them feeling the fixture list is unfair.

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How do you read it as implying it's unfair? It's a straightforward summary of the contenders' remaining home and away opponents averaged by league position.

There's a near identical thread started on this forum on Tuesday highlighting the supposed advantage we have in the run-in. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Sky nicked the idea for the article from here.

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/huge-fixture-advantage-second-half.318242/
 
lancs blue said:
How do you read it as implying it's unfair? It's a straightforward summary of the contenders' remaining home and away opponents averaged by league position.

There's a near identical thread started on this forum on Tuesday highlighting the supposed advantage we have in the run-in. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Sky nicked the idea for the article from here.

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/huge-fixture-advantage-second-half.318242/
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Implying the fixture computer has boosted us in to an advantageous position at the end of the season. Yet could it not have been spun that Arsenal and Leicester have failed to breakaway ala Chelsea last year from their advantageous start.

Its a relatively meaningless tweet and their implications are subtle but the Media have pissed me off since the Leicester game so I'll jump on anything to have a vent.
 
lancs blue said:
How do you read it as implying it's unfair? It's a straightforward summary of the contenders' remaining home and away opponents averaged by league position.

There's a near identical thread started on this forum on Tuesday highlighting the supposed advantage we have in the run-in. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Sky nicked the idea for the article from here.

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/huge-fixture-advantage-second-half.318242/
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Not just that you could literally type in the same words about Liverpool/United/ Arsenal and google will give you a long list of links of seasons gone by where papers/sky have said those clubs have favourable runs while chasing the league/top four places.

These of tweets/articles are not specific to city.
 
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Hamann Pineapple said:
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I emailed Steven Howard a few years ago after he written some tripe about us, I told him he was a clueless bitter prick who knew nothing about my club and should check his facts before he has a hissy fit about us.
To be fair he got back to me going on how he'd seen many sporting events over the years and that us winning the league wasn't that big a deal after all the money we'd spent. I just emailed him back with a picture of stan laurel crying with the words 'you....bitter crap journalist. ....'
He came back with all the usual bought the league, where was you when you was shit, utd are streets ahead of you...etc etc etc.....
I didn't respond ....he didn't deserve a reply.
 
manimanc said:
I emailed Steven Howard a few years ago after he written some tripe about us, I told him he was a clueless bitter prick who knew nothing about my club and should check his facts before he has a hissy fit about us.
To be fair he got back to me going on how he'd seen many sporting events over the years and that us winning the league wasn't that big a deal after all the money we'd spent. I just emailed him back with a picture of stan laurel crying with the words 'you....bitter crap journalist. ....'
He came back with all the usual bought the league, where was you when you was shit, utd are streets ahead of you...etc etc etc.....
I didn't respond ....he didn't deserve a reply.
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You should email him again and say hi.
 
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