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Media bias against City
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SilverFox2
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This thread is about media bias and could there have been any better evidence than the rags game against Sheffield United as to the different standards the media apply to us and them?
Swathes of empty seats at the swamp and a huge disparity between the costs of the two squads. Yet did anyone hear that mentioned by the BBC? They seem to have withheld the true attendance figure yet has any outlet made a fuss about that? Not only have they not, they've meekly made up figures for their match reports. One had 70,000, two others had different attendances over 73,000. These were clearly fabricated as there was a whole tier shut so at bet they couldn't have sold more than 50,000 tickets tops. No doubt if we failed to release an attendance figure to cover up a poor attendance, there would be questions in Parliament and journalists demanding a new law to force clubs to reveal the true attendance.
Unfortunately your examples are true and as you say the thread is about media bias.
There are problems (that have solutions) and facts of life (that are like the sun setting in the west and have no solution).
Perhaps we should accept the latter regarding the media.
bluwes
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Cos the rags stopped them collating the figuresA mate of mine did exactly that last year and was told the GMP don't keep their own figures despite releasing such figures only two years earlier. Hmm.
A mate of mine did exactly that last year and was told the GMP don't keep their own figures despite releasing such figures only two years earlier. Hmm.
I seem to recall the rags making a complaint to GMP about the figures being released, which is why they stopped doing it.
BlueAnorak
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You're not wrong. Yet, I bet they will criticise us for shutting a tier at the Everton semi...This thread is about media bias and could there have been any better evidence than the rags game against Sheffield United as to the different standards the media apply to us and them?
Swathes of empty seats at the swamp and a huge disparity between the costs of the two squads. Yet did anyone hear that mentioned by the BBC? They seem to have withheld the true attendance figure yet has any outlet made a fuss about that? Not only have they not, they've meekly made up figures for their match reports. One had 70,000, two others had different attendances over 73,000. These were clearly fabricated as there was a whole tier shut so at bet they couldn't have sold more than 50,000 tickets tops. No doubt if we failed to release an attendance figure to cover up a poor attendance, there would be questions in Parliament and journalists demanding a new law to force clubs to reveal the true attendance.
MillionMilesAway
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The scum want keep this myth going that tickets are hard to get and they always sellout
Even mainstream hacks aren't sticking to that lie nowadays.
Exeter Blue I am here
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It's very true the limited game changing penalties we get. I looked into this last year but didn't keep the stuff unfortunately it's a fairly time consuming and laborious exercise but I will post asap. It is not such a leap of faith to believe that things are gerrymandered to favour the long standing elites imo. In fact you only need to look at that ridiculous Spurs offside to think all is not what it should be. That was one decision that was soo wrong and at such a crucial point in a game we had been dominating to make you think somethings not right. Take the rags penalty, complete consensus that it was a stonewall, really!? I saw a defender tap Memphis on the shin and him launch himself in the air.. I would argue there was more contact in most of the penalties we haven't been awarded and even in the game where Sterling got booked, we get 'that wasn't enough to take him down' whereas the general consensus among pundits is simply the idea of 'contact' but not where we're concerned. In today's football Memphis probably was a penalty as I would argue all of the one's we haven't been awarded were.
I even go so far as, the league schedule, the way television games are scheduled. It's taken years for the corruption in fifa to come to light and Lance Armstrong cheated his way to numerous tour de France victories despite cheating. We should remain vigilant and call this sort of sh#t out and not be cowed by those who simply believe everything is all fair and even.
I think this is a very subjective approach to take, if only because we (as supporters) only ever remember the injustices, but just going back to last season for example we all remember being robbed blind by Mike Jones down at St Mary's, when Kun all but had his legs amputated, but who remembers the goal that we were awarded against them at our place, which was at least as far offside as the Spurs one this season, or the one Liverpool were denied at the Etihad?
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This thread is about media bias and could there have been any better evidence than the rags game against Sheffield United as to the different standards the media apply to us and them?
Swathes of empty seats at the swamp and a huge disparity between the costs of the two squads. Yet did anyone hear that mentioned by the BBC? They seem to have withheld the true attendance figure yet has any outlet made a fuss about that? Not only have they not, they've meekly made up figures for their match reports. One had 70,000, two others had different attendances over 73,000. These were clearly fabricated as there was a whole tier shut so at bet they couldn't have sold more than 50,000 tickets tops. No doubt if we failed to release an attendance figure to cover up a poor attendance, there would be questions in Parliament and journalists demanding a new law to force clubs to reveal the true attendance.
Personally I think it is very naive to expect the press to pull scorn on any club who have empty seats just because they have highlighted this about City. However the GMP attendances at Old Trafford has widely been discussed on this thread. That was a story the press ran with, so hardly suggests they are concealing info about Uniteds attendances even though it could be argued that is not very newsworthy as I have seen plenty of games this season with empty seats at the Etihad/ Emirates where full houses have been stated.
There is a lot of revisionism on this thread. City fans have dined out for years on Uniteds supporters base being the 'prawn sandwich brigade' all from the home counties, with numerous references within the media and since you have highlighted the BBC I can remember a trailer for a TV show showing a group of lads saying 'im sick of this town its full of United fans before zooming out to a view of the houses of the houses pf parliament. As we like to make comparisons how would a similar trailer ridiculing Citys support have been greeted?
Maybe this is the transition to a bigger club with a larger profile. We will be more widely criticised and in my opinion probably need to develop a thicker skin.
ccr
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Personally I think it is very naive to expect the press to pull scorn on any club who have empty seats just because they have highlighted this about City. However the GMP attendances at Old Trafford has widely been discussed on this thread. That was a story the press ran with, so hardly suggests they are concealing info about Uniteds attendances even though it could be argued that is not very newsworthy as I have seen plenty of games this season with empty seats at the Etihad/ Emirates where full houses have been stated.
There is a lot of revisionism on this thread. City fans have dined out for years on Uniteds supporters base being the 'prawn sandwich brigade' all from the home counties, with numerous references within the media and since you have highlighted the BBC I can remember a trailer for a TV show showing a group of lads saying 'im sick of this town its full of United fans before zooming out to a view of the houses of the houses pf parliament. As we like to make comparisons how would a similar trailer ridiculing Citys support have been greeted?
Maybe this is the transition to a bigger club with a larger profile. We will be more widely criticised and in my opinion probably need to develop a thicker skin.
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