Media Bias

[Didsbury Dave]

I had this with them the other week.

This is the point they all go silent.

Oh I know mate, seen it myself. I've put questions to them all which they simply won't answer or will skirt round with an answer which makes little sense. This is what paranoia does though, it makes someone see a blue and red ribbon actually appear black and red. When they see the SSN credits I would imagine what they actually see is MUTV.

As someone you would have a ridiculously hard time describing as paranoid--in fact you're welcome to try--your pretense that headline isn't a pejorative is contemptuous.

If you think that headline is pejorative you are more than just paranoid, you are a fool.

 

[Blue Mooner]

Haha have you listened to yourselves!!!

You state facts! More likely you state drivel that you state as fact! All i know is that ive seen lots of rags equivalents of the 'every goal matters' promotion and not one aguero one, that is a 'fact'

SKY and the premier league dont want a stale product,? well what do you think we have had for the last 20 years? For every season since we've gained some money we've had new policies aimed at preventing us using the financial muscle we have. This isnt stuff we've created in our own minds these are 'facts' and even now we're reading about similar financial restrictions in the premier league

Lets not forget that according to the rags the ''fact' is that 650 million people around the globe follow the rags, that's 1 in 10 of the population, and whilst there were many opposition fans celebrating our premier league win in the UK you clearly forget that premier league football has globalised.

You also forget that the rags are on a financial precipice any period without any success would see revenues drop and the rags in serious trouble, that would not be good for sky or the premier leagues reputation.

But you guys keep revelling in your anti-city support

I conclude that you're missing them on purpose then, most likely because you're hell-bent on looking for the United ones to prove there is an agenda. There are just as many Aguero ones as there are Spurs, united and any others too. Also, as i've already said, Sky's TV and Radio ads were basically purely about Aguero and his goal, nothing else. I would imagine you've not heard or seen them though too?

Still not managed to post an aguero one yet then!? Would be good to see what it looks like.

I never miss anything city related, im the sort that will spot someone with a city pin badge on holiday.

Just wish i had the time that you and DD seemingly have to post on any 'agenda' or 'mediabias' threads. Take the pair of your posts away and the sentiment would be largely in favour of an inherent and continual bias against us.

Ive been waiting for months for the media to tackle fergie on the 'not in my lifetime' statement and of course nothing.

You can argue on these type of things forever but the overriding factor that proves the favouritism towards the rags or more broadly the traditional big clubs is FFP - that is the elephant in the room that proves institutional protectionism across all ofthe footballing bodies.

This is about vested interests and DD has proven by his close business connections to sky that he is part of the cabal. He has inadvertently exposed himself. He is torn by his support of City and protecting his income and unfortunately he is selling himself to the devil, you on the other hand just come across as naive.

There is a management book called 'only the paranoid survive' you could do with reading it.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

This debate goes round in circles.

But whether this bias, or this thing that some call an agenda exists or not, who is to say that you can't or shouldn't have a rant on a City forum about perceived unfairness in the way City are treated at various times in certain sections of the media for fear that journalists or fans of other clubs will laugh at you?

Otherwise, what exactly is this forum for?

People can have as many rants as they want, however ridiculous. It happens on all forums on all subjects. But don't expect to get away uncriticised by people who think the daily rants on the same subject are ludicrous.

That's what the forum's for.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

I follow these agenda threads round like a bad smell


That's what the forum's for.

 

[andyhinch]

Has anyone noticed how some posters seem to have an agenda against us discussing this?

 

[Pigeonho]

Haha have you listened to yourselves!!!

You state facts! More likely you state drivel that you state as fact! All i know is that ive seen lots of rags equivalents of the 'every goal matters' promotion and not one aguero one, that is a 'fact'

SKY and the premier league dont want a stale product,? well what do you think we have had for the last 20 years? For every season since we've gained some money we've had new policies aimed at preventing us using the financial muscle we have. This isnt stuff we've created in our own minds these are 'facts' and even now we're reading about similar financial restrictions in the premier league

Lets not forget that according to the rags the ''fact' is that 650 million people around the globe follow the rags, that's 1 in 10 of the population, and whilst there were many opposition fans celebrating our premier league win in the UK you clearly forget that premier league football has globalised.

You also forget that the rags are on a financial precipice any period without any success would see revenues drop and the rags in serious trouble, that would not be good for sky or the premier leagues reputation.

But you guys keep revelling in your anti-city support

I conclude that you're missing them on purpose then, most likely because you're hell-bent on looking for the United ones to prove there is an agenda. There are just as many Aguero ones as there are Spurs, united and any others too. Also, as i've already said, Sky's TV and Radio ads were basically purely about Aguero and his goal, nothing else. I would imagine you've not heard or seen them though too?

Still not managed to post an aguero one yet then!? Would be good to see what it looks like.

I never miss anything city related, im the sort that will spot someone with a city pin badge on holiday.

Just wish i had the time that you and DD seemingly have to post on any 'agenda' or 'mediabias' threads. Take the pair of your posts away and the sentiment would be largely in favour of an inherent and continual bias against us.

Ive been waiting for months for the media to tackle fergie on the 'not in my lifetime' statement and of course nothing.

You can argue on these type of things forever but the overriding factor that proves the favouritism towards the rags or more broadly the traditional big clubs is FFP - that is the elephant in the room that proves institutional protectionism across all ofthe footballing bodies.

This is about vested interests and DD has proven by his close business connections to sky that he is part of the cabal. He has inadvertently exposed himself. He is torn by his support of City and protecting his income and unfortunately he is selling himself to the devil, you on the other hand just come across as naive.

There is a management book called 'only the paranoid survive' you could do with reading it.

Don't know where you live, but i'm N.Manc. Near me on Oldham Road is an Aguero one, then further up past Newton Heath is another Aguero one, opposite which is a United one. Honestly though? You won't catch me going to the trouble of taking a photo of it and posting it on here, simply because I don't need to. They exist just as much as the United ones exist, though it's funny you noticed that one and not a City one. I would say that you were probably in that much of a huff about it and going over and over your almost-boiled mind that it's because of an agenda, that you missed the Aguero one that was probably staring right at you in the face as you sat there dribbling at the traffic lights, dribbling through fury, through anger - through despair.

 

[Chris in London]

This debate goes round in circles.

But whether this bias, or this thing that some call an agenda exists or not, who is to say that you can't or shouldn't have a rant on a City forum about perceived unfairness in the way City are treated at various times in certain sections of the media for fear that journalists or fans of other clubs will laugh at you?

Otherwise, what exactly is this forum for?

People can have as many rants as they want, however ridiculous. It happens on all forums on all subjects. But don't expect to get away uncriticised by people who think the daily rants on the same subject are ludicrous.

That's what the forum's for.

The forum exists so that you can criticise people you don't agree with?

In the same way that the horse was invented so that it could pull a cart?

 

[Unknown_Genius]

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If the media kiss Man United's arse, why does Ferguson rage at them all the time?

 

[Didsbury Dave]

This debate goes round in circles.

But whether this bias, or this thing that some call an agenda exists or not, who is to say that you can't or shouldn't have a rant on a City forum about perceived unfairness in the way City are treated at various times in certain sections of the media for fear that journalists or fans of other clubs will laugh at you?

Otherwise, what exactly is this forum for?

People can have as many rants as they want, however ridiculous. It happens on all forums on all subjects. But don't expect to get away uncriticised by people who think the daily rants on the same subject are ludicrous.

That's what the forum's for.

The forum exists so that you can criticise people you don't agree with?

In the same way that the horse was invented so that it could pull a cart?

In a nutshell, yes. As can you.

It's got nothing to do with a horse, though.

-- Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:40 pm --

I'll try for the fifth time now.

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This is the TV advert to accompany the billboards you're all pissing and moaning about, and is significantly higher profile. Any comments?

 

[taconinja]

Dave, for someone who comes across as rather incensed that someone didn't answer his query, you certainly have left many, many posts with my question to you unanswered.