Media Thread 2020/21

[Prestwich_Blue]

BT's response to my query as to why I have to listen to McManaman and Ferdinand when I'm trying to enjoy watching City;

"Thanks for taking the time to contact us. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

BT Sport has selected talent based on their relationship with and knowledge of the game; along with the expertise that they will bring to our coverage. Our selection of commentators isn't based on their playing history."

So now you know. I leave it to you to decide whether or not that is complete bollocks.

It's the BBC so it's 99% certain it's complete bollocks.

 

[dadnlad]

Fletch on bt continues the false narrative of how Liverpool are playing, full of superlatives.

Couldn’t be any more different than when commentating on us.

hey i got slaughtered for calling him that

 

[bavarian blue]

BBC changed their reporting on 10pm news, no footage of Etihad or Emirates stadiums.

 

[chesterbells]

I would mate when they showed us first yet Arsenal are the ones heavily funded by Dubai. Agenda for me.

I’m not defending them. I just think it was disingenuous to say they highlighted City, when they mentioned both clubs.
Yes it was incorrect, which is actually the bigger point anyway (I see the 10pm news has edited it out), but at 6pm they highlighted both clubs, not just City - which is what your post misleadingly suggested (in my opinion of course ;-)

 

[Tracking back]

We can all look forward to tomorrow's papers can't we.

Liverpool play U23s/kids and beat the odds on favourites for the CL in a stadium they weren't supposed to play in

Long may it continue.

The more the media gloss over their mediocrity the longer they remain irrelevant.

Look at the rags.

 

[ArdwickAlbert]

BT's response to my query as to why I have to listen to McManaman and Ferdinand when I'm trying to enjoy watching City;

"Thanks for taking the time to contact us. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

BT Sport has selected talent based on their relationship with and knowledge of the game; along with the expertise that they will bring to our coverage. Our selection of commentators isn't based on their playing history."

So now you know. I leave it to you to decide whether or not that is complete bollocks.

If their playing history isn’t a consideration, wouldn’t that imply that they are supposed to be agnostic about their preferences and there to offer opinion of tactics and such? In which case why do we have to listen to unconstructed insight and partisan views? They are patently there to play to their audience and they do that unashamedly.

 

[Mike Cledford]

The media in a bit of a tizz. They were going to run an excuse 'All Arabs look the same to me, l can't tell them apart' but the lawyers weren't keen on that. They are thinking something on the lies 'All Arabs are equal but Dubai Arabs are more equal than City's Arabs (whoever they are)'.
The stench of hypocrisy is strong in many newsroom.

 

[Blueknows]

BBC changed their reporting on 10pm news, no footage of Etihad or Emirates stadiums.

Bit like when the newspapers publish an apology hidden in the middle of the paper the damage/hidden message has already been done

 

[aguero93:20]

The media in a bit of a tizz. They were going to run an excuse 'All Arabs look the same to me, l can't tell them apart' but the lawyers weren't keen on that. They are thinking something on the lies 'All Arabs are equal but Dubai Arabs are more equal than City's Arabs (whoever they are)'.
The stench of hypocrisy is strong in many newsroom.

I think it was an honest mistake, the vast majority of the media know our owners are from Qatar.

 

[BringBackSwales]

BT's response to my query as to why I have to listen to McManaman and Ferdinand when I'm trying to enjoy watching City;

"Thanks for taking the time to contact us. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

BT Sport has selected talent based on their relationship with and knowledge of the game; along with the expertise that they will bring to our coverage. Our selection of commentators isn't based on their playing history."

So now you know. I leave it to you to decide whether or not that is complete bollocks.

So it’s a complete coincidence that 90% of them played for the rags or dippers lol