People raise this sh*t about the media because it matters. There's a reason big business spend billions of pounds on advertising and PR because it influences views and behaviour. There's a reason that online businesses 's are now spending hundreds of millions to make sure that an online experience reflects you as an individual - so that they can influence you to buy. Why? Because the analytical evidence is overwhelming to demonstrate that this stuff actually makes a difference to how we humans behave and what we do. Deny it as much as you like but the evidence is there and unequivocal.
That is why I rage about the press that we get, the negative PR, spin continually put against City because it influences how people think about the club. It's one of the primary reasons why our recent success hasn;'t translated to an increase in fan base in the UK in the same way as it has in the rest of the world, and why we still get Emptihad jibes. If the PR were another way you would never see an empty seat at City given the talent and entertainment on show.
I can't help but believe that the MEN are simply very naive in what they do. They have this self fulfilling prophecy mentality, you can imagine the discussion.
'Boss, we put rag articles on and it generates much more views than City' so we need to promote the rags to get the hits we need'
No sh*t sherlock, that's because you continually promote those articles at the top of a page. If the MEN were any good at this stuff they would actually understand from my browsing behaviour that I'm actually a City fan - so make those articles easier for me to read you imbeciles you would still get the rag masses but then you wouldn't lose me aho would rather stab myself in the eye than read a rag article - that might kill a lot of the noise we see on here - and vastly increase their online views (and advertising revenues)
My Twitter feed reads like a City fanzine, why? because I'm very discerning about who I follow and as a result I very rarely see any of teh rag sh*te - that's what the MEN should be doing for me, but they're too thick to realise and instead just promote rag articles to me and I close down the page.
