Media bias against City

[mad4city]

Maybe its me having a laugh at my old man every time he brings up the topic of media bias. And maybe, without justification, I accept it from them. As said, I don't mind gathering up a collective of bullshit the media write about us and taking them to task about it. I'm all for the voice. Just bought a Raspberry Pi 2, I'll set up a web crawler on dismissive articles so we have a starting point. Don't mind setting up a website to call the fuckers out either. I think I'd be pretty impartial about it all. I'd rather be providing a solution than adding to the problem.

Create a site that has a section for all of the big clubs and you're onto a winner.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Here's Tim Rich in the Independent, writing about the new badge:

The supporters were extensively consulted about the design and their choice might reflect a nostalgia for Maine Road and the old club that has been comprehensively swept away by an avalanche of Arab oil money.

Would he use the term "plundered Russian state assets" to describe Chelsea? Or the phrase "swept away on a tide of Jewish debt" to describe the rags? Would he fuck.

 

[Newman Noggs]

As Edmund Burke said; "the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing". In this, albeit trivial context, I believe it is our duty to our club to highlight the "evil" of biased journalism even in such a minor way as a thread on our own message boards. The club can't say anything because it opens itself up to accusations of being petty and, as Newcastle have proved, trying to limit the damage through banning certain journalists is counter productive. We have always pointed out their bias but, particularly during our lean years, have been branded as "bitter" for doing so. If journalists do read this thread, and I hope they do, the least it does is show those slimy little shits like Ogden and Jackson not only that they have been sussed but that we are laughing at them and enjoying their pain.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

As Edmund Burke said; "the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing". In this, albeit trivial context, I believe it is our duty to our club to highlight the "evil" of biased journalism even in such a minor way as a thread on our own message boards. The club can't say anything because it opens itself up to accusations of being petty and, as Newcastle have proved, trying to limit the damage through banning certain journalists is counter productive. We have always pointed out their bias but, particularly during our lean years, have been branded as "bitter" for doing so. If journalists do read this thread, and I hope they do, the least it does is show those slimy little shits like Ogden and Jackson not only that they have been sussed but that we are laughing at them and enjoying their pain.

Like many on this thread, I'm more than happy to pick up the baton of pettiness that the club (understandably) are so reluctant to wield.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Here's Tim Rich in the Independent, writing about the new badge:


Would he use the term "plundered Russian state assets" to describe Chelsea? Or the phrase "swept away on a tide of Jewish debt" to describe the rags? Would he fuck.

Also, "avalanche of oil money", Arab or otherwise, is such an utterly wank metaphor.

 

[manimanc]

On the Sunday supplement they said arsenal lost 4-0 at Southampton.
On the Sunday supplement they said we got humiliated 4-1 at Tottenham.
Just saying like.

 

[ballbag]

On the Sunday supplement they said arsenal lost 4-0 at Southampton.
On the Sunday supplement they said we got humiliated 4-1 at Tottenham.
Just saying like.

We did. Just saying.#Oh I get you now, you're upset that we got humiliated and someone else got beat. Do people keep tabs on the words used? Soft strikes again.

 

[mad4city]

Also, "avalanche of oil money", Arab or otherwise, is such an utterly wank metaphor.

This was the first thought that entered my mind on reading it.
The blatant misrepresentation of City fans' motives notwithstanding, it is embarrassing that such sub-standard use of the language (he had from the leak on Wednesday to going to press yesterday to formulate the article) should be financially rewarded.

 

[2sheikhs]

How can people trying to defend the club's image against shite journalists be seen as soft?

 

[ballbag]

How can people trying to defend the club's image against shite journalists be seen as soft?

I'm not saying that, you plank. I'm saying that there's some soft as fuck people getting all upset about shit that isn't worth getting upset about, like the use of a word. I'll be the first to stick up for anyone getting the wrong end of the stick, but there's far too many softarses here these days.