Media bias against City

[SheeshKebab]

Negative press is always good press. Love it me! We're becoming one of the greatest teams in world football and everyone knows it. That's why we're so hated!

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Find the back page of the mirror funny personally. It's all piss and wind at this stage, when benteke starts flopping he will cop it. They'll be sucking the farts out of de bruynes arse when he starts playing

 

[blueinsa]

Is Benteke after the "we played in front of 90,000 in a pre season friendly once" trophy?

 

[Stephenhakin]

Saw this on the BBC gossip column. What a bunch of cunts.

 

[peoffrey]

I used to think many of you were being paranoid at this alleged bias but I'm noticing it more and more now. My simple solution will be to not buy their filth. I rarely ever did but am now boycotting completely.

 

[SilverFox2]

None of what you posted militates in any way against the right of a long-standing Citybsupporter to rail against the press failing to report on City in a way that is fair and equitable.

Correct, if we want to moan about its effect on the existing fan base rather than its positive long term exposure to achieve the long term objectives of our owners then that is our right.

The points made however are also correct and our owners will be in much the same position as any personality who says that any publicity is good publicity. Some then deny allegations (good publicity for both parties). Some even take the paper to Court (even better publicity especially for the paper).

As PB has posted, certain papers have quietly paid a sum to charity because they offended our owner so our owners investment group via Mr. K. know exactly where this balance lies and control the way we respond.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I don't understand how Man City consistently suffer this inordinate abuse and belittling from the press and the press can continue with this abuse unopposed if Man City have an effective PR Department. My only conclusion is Man City do not have an effective PR Department. Our first eleven on the pitch and our successes on it are first class and well managed and should propel our image in the public eye, if we are constantly getting negative press in recent years even with Man City's successes on the field surely the PR Department are failing abysmally.

How many times do people like you need to be told? What exactly can the PR team do to stop John Cross writing a story like that? (Actually he didn't write that headline and tagline in all probability as it would have been a sub-editor). They don't have someone sitting behind every journalist's shoulder and can't stop anyone writing anything. They have no legal recourse unless the article is defamatory. They could ban people, as the pisscan used to do, but that won't get us any better press as it doesn't stop people writing nasty things about us. In fact it probably gets us even worse press.

A few years ago, following the takeover, I was at a meeting at the club at which Vicky Kloss was present and sounded off in much the same way that you did. She sat down with me afterwards and explained things to me. First and foremost, the PR agenda is dictated by Abu Dhabi, specifically Simon Pearce. And that agenda is 'keep it low key'. She said that they know they can't stop the sort of shit we often get but, if they feel the writer has gone too far, they'll take it up with them. If they're not happy with his or her response then they go to the editor. In some cases they will then instruct solicitors and at that point the paper will often back down and quietly pay a significant sum to charity. In one case only that I'm aware of, we've gone to court and we won (I think it was against The Sun) when the paper cast The Sheikh in a bad light and wrote something that was patently.

They've concentrated on the more intelligent journalists and quietly brought them onside. And, as others have also said, we restrict access now unless we can influence the agenda. So if you want an interview with Kompany, you have to write something complimentary about the CFA ,City in the Community or something that oresents us in a good light but, again, we can't force them to do that. I had a journalist complain to me that City and Pellegrini in particular gave them nothing these days. Eventually, as we get more popular, they'll come round and fawn over us in the way they do over the rags and Liverpool but until then, we'll just have to take the shit.

The point is that there's only so much our PR team can do and they're playing a long game, which is the way the Sheikh and his people want it.

 

[oakiecokie]

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

I honestly think that at levels reaching Khaldoon have said, "fuck it", as long as its nothing way over the top,then lets ride with it.I know it becomes tiresome having to read shit about our Club and our wonderful Owner,so the best thing we can do is ram it down their throats by becoming PL Champs again and a great run in the CL.
At 64 its like water off a ducks back with me, having seen the good,bad and ugly over the decades,so lets give our PR Dept some slack,as I`m certain they`ve been briefed to stay calm.
Bastard media fucking hate us.I love it watching `em all squirm.

 

[Len Rum]

I used to think many of you were being paranoid at this alleged bias but I'm noticing it more and more now. My simple solution will be to not buy their filth. I rarely ever did but am now boycotting completely.

Welcome my friend, a convert to the Agendista party.
Whatever happened to Didsbury Dave?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

I used to think many of you were being paranoid at this alleged bias but I'm noticing it more and more now. My simple solution will be to not buy their filth. I rarely ever did but am now boycotting completely.

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