Media bias against City

[gordondaviesmoustache]

They didn't apologise

Have they apologised for what they wrote in 1998 about the Mansfield Auto Windscreens game yet?

 

[FlemishDuck]

Their bias is a direct indication of our increased threat and success. If we weren't so good they wouldn't bother. Feel and embrace their pain. Learn to cherish their every negative and bitter word. To us it will taste so sweet.

Yeah but is that the full picture? I do think youre right for what regards the kernel, but i'm not sure if every english club would be treated like that if they had the same succes.

I havn't followed this enough to be knowldgable about it, but in my impression the real schtick hanging around was that Manchester City had grown succesull due to large investments from foreign billionaire's, opposed to most other "brittisch owned'" teams who are supposedly working with limited means.

I wouldn't disagree even that Manchester city "hit the jackpot", and looking at the transfer history there is some point to the idea that Manchester city has become strong due to what they could buy and attract, though it does produce nice football so i could care less. Thinking to know Brits to some degree i do think that this "invasion of foregin capital" is something that hurts a lot of Brittish pride here and there, and furthermore that there are plenty of domestic financial players that maintain a stake or interrest in the succes of certain English teams besides having stakes or interrests in Brittisch media. All this then eventually culminating in the idea that it's good bussiness for some Brittisch economical players to talk down on manchester city, especially if there ever was a chance for a hostile takeover.

Be it as it may, as an outsider i love the quality team that is Manchester city regardless of how they got there, knowing that in football rich investers often make a hughe difference eitherhow, and if the city bashing had to some degree a source in somewhat hurt national pride then i could even care less because lets face it most Brits can often be easily hurt in their nationalistic sensitivity's

 

[Shirley]

They didn't apologise

You are correct regarding this latest article with the rag youth player, they now call it a correction although the one in 2012 they printed they were happy to put the record straight.
Snakes and sliver springs to mind.

 

[City Raider]

Is that the article that has a thread on here? It was a lively discussion!

ah - off topic, i should have known :)

 

[Bbc spokesman]

Just looked through the Sunday Times sports pages. Didn't expect much about City but we are playing today so a mention would have been reasonable. There is an article about Ayew and him settling in at Villa.Ah this will be where they mention City. Guess what not a fucking word !!! Is it me ??

 

[BringBackSwales]

You are correct regarding this latest article with the rag youth player, they now call it a correction although the one in 2012 they printed they were happy to put the record straight.
Snakes and sliver springs to mind.

"Putting the record straight" is not an apology either

 

[FlemishDuck]

Just looked through the Sunday Times sports pages. Didn't expect much about City but we are playing today so a mention would have been reasonable. There is an article about Ayew and him settling in at Villa.Ah this will be where they mention City. Guess what not a fucking word !!! Is it me ??

Just another part of brittisch media being controlled by Ruport murdoch who has an unhealthy appetite for making monopoly's and wanting to put his foot deeper into Brittisch football, like how he tried to takeover Manchester United 15 years ago for 625 million pounds (a huge offer back then) but was blocked by the Uk's competition commision, or recently wanted to make a new sorta European league of his own, or how Sky sports tries to maintain a monopoly on the broadcasting rights.

I bet there are plenty of clubs that he can "weigh" on due to wealth and/or influence in order to get his bidding, but a club like Manchester city can probably afford to put up their finger to him and fart in his general direction. I wouldn't doubt the idea that Rupert Murdoch would more than willingly use his wealth and influence to firmly put Brittisch football under his thumb, he was ultimatly blocked from taking over ManU because " it would hurt competition in the broadcast industry and the quality of British football", no shit Murdoch would probably turn the whole thing into his personal puppet show if he could.

 

[Shirley]

"Putting the record straight" is not an apology either

Yes I know that but where have I said it is?

 

[crazyg]

Just another part of brittisch media being controlled by Ruport murdoch who has an unhealthy appetite for making monopoly's and wanting to put his foot deeper into Brittisch football, like how he tried to takeover Manchester United 15 years ago for 625 million pounds (a huge offer back then) but was blocked by the Uk's competition commision, or recently wanted to make a new sorta European league of his own, or how Sky sports tries to maintain a monopoly on the broadcasting rights.

I bet there are plenty of clubs that he can "weigh" on due to wealth and/or influence in order to get his bidding, but a club like Manchester city can probably afford to put up their finger to him and fart in his general direction. I wouldn't doubt the idea that Rupert Murdoch would more than willingly use his wealth and influence to firmly put Brittisch football under his thumb, he was ultimatly blocked from taking over ManU because " it would hurt competition in the broadcast industry and the quality of British football", no shit Murdoch would probably turn the whole thing into his personal puppet show if he could.

Yes, I've always thought that his mother was a hamster, and his father smelled of elderberries. Great minds, eh?

 

[Lemon7277]

Anyone see the sky sports news article on there App page this morning....in there Chelsea blasting they made it quite clear they were 13 points behind the scum in 4th....not 14 behind league leaders Manchester city....WANKERS