As I've said loads of times on here, I'm not expecting or wanting the media tto kiss our arse. It'd just be nice if they told the truth.
I don't look for negatives about us either. I will highlight hypocrisy and double standards though.
For the ones that say that there isn't a media bias against us, you're just as deluded or blinkered as those rags that believe all the sycophantic shit that sky and ts spout about them.
Yet we are assured by a few long standing Forum members that there is definitely no media bias. It is all in our heads, apparently.was unfortunate to watch the sky soccer saturday palace v city preview , and was gobsmacked when no nout charlie nicholas actually referred to us as , "that team at the top of the table" he couldnt even bring himself to say Manchester City , the bitter under achieving ex-gooner twa*t , the comforting thing is this amount of bitterness proves we are really hurting the established big four , and long may it continue.
Yet we are assured by a few long standing Forum members that there is definitely no media bias. It is all in our heads, apparently.
I wonder if these guys actually read many newspapers, watch Sky Sport, listen to Talk Sport or to match commentaries. Do they not notice that co-commentators on our games are often rags and that our goals our greeted with hushed tones compared to the euphoria that accompanies opposition goals. They obviously have never heard the barbed comments about oil money, about our inflated transfer fees,about the massive wage we pays, about us ruining football, nor that after all the money of spent we ought to be win the league, the cup and everything else easily. Someone once said if you do not want to see something then you will not see it.
The "there is no bias guys" are lucky to live in their happy blue world, where people only say nice positive things about City and any negatives are balanced by the occasional dig at a competitor and anything nasty said about us is just to get clicks. But if it is to get clicks does that not prove their is bias?
" The media are fawning over City" said one "there is no bias guy" today. This has got to be the funniest and most deluded comment in this thread and there have been some crackers. Magic our Maurice.
I don't think there is much doubt that bias exists, the real debate is why that is so.
That's easy enough to explain as well. The media panders to its audience and there are more United and Liverpool fans than City, because those clubs have been more successful in the past few generations. That also means that the journalists reporting the news and pundits are more likely to follow the above clubs and some, sadly, can't keep that bias out of their job.
The question I think is important is when will it change. When will City fans become abundant enough that our good news will keep the masses happy? And when will City supporting/ex-City people start to get more involved in the media?
The whole point of owning a newspaper is to have an agenda, just look at the front pagesI don't think there is much doubt that bias exists, the real debate is why that is so.
The whole point of owning a newspaper is to have an agenda, just look at the front pages