Media Thread - 2021/22

[bobbyowenquiff]

And there he goes with the false equivalence, creating a strawman of the entire fanbase

He knows what he is doing with this tweet. Playing to the gallery. Motivated by malice. He must think we are all fucking idiots.

 

[halfcenturyup]

The word is that The Athletic's new owners at NYT are going to be judging their writers on how many new subscribers they bring in. That would explain it.

Or maybe on their engagement levels on Twitter? The two tweets are too much of a coincidence.

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

What an absolute crock of shit by Sam Lee. Nobody should engage with these fuckwits. He needs to go and interview Conn.

Yes it’s absolutely shite. Interview Conn and Colin Schindler

 

[Phil1]

Perhaps I should do a Neil Young, and threaten to withdraw my work from Bluemoon unless they stop promoting the Bluemoon podcast, as it promotes deliberate misinformation.

There was one line he wrote that stood out to me.
“I know how many listeners we get”
He doesn’t give a shit about pissing off the fanbase, he cares about subscribers.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Last May, just after City had won the title, I watched CNN's sports show. Their two contributors were Rob Harris and Darren Lewis. I was gobsmacked at the fulsome praise they both lavished on City, Pep and our style of play. No caveats and no City Bingo bullshit about unlimited funds, squad cost, squad size, owned by a country, etc. It was just wall to wall positivity.

While a refeshingly uplifting watch it served only to reinforce my belief that the bitter, bile filled, snide rants, lies and innuendo both of them have aimed at City over the years is purely for the click bait driven domestic market dominated by fans of the American owned teams in red. Why the fuck can't they be that honest when they report on City for the domestic market?

Because most of them are rags, scousers or cockneys and they fucking hate us. If I was a journalist and had to write about their teams winning something I’d be bitter and jealous and try to look for negatives too.

Add to this they’re also under instruction from their bosses to praise the teams who generate most clicks too, they want all the rag/scouse sheep to keep on reading the shit they write. I don’t think there is any honesty or neutrality in football reporting because it’s such a partisan and divisive game.

 

[Cellarite]

The 21st Century equivalent of this....

Mmmmm…Jo Guest….

 

[mccity]

I do think that with the very recent Nick Harris outburst, combined with the even more recent David Mooney and Sam Lee discussions, that there's a worryingly increased anti-City fan sentiment within the media emerging.

It could all have been a coincidence, but I do wonder if there have been discussions amongst certain parties recently behind the scenes to trigger this whole thing.

I've never particularly concerned myself too much with any agendas against the club, but an agenda specifically against the fans would certainly be unsettling.

 

[mat]

I do think that with the very recent Nick Harris outburst, combined with the even more recent David Mooney and Sam Lee discussions, that there's a worryingly increased anti-City fan sentiment within the media emerging.

It could all have been a coincidence, but I do wonder if there have been discussions amongst certain parties recently behind the scenes to trigger this whole thing.

I've never particularly concerned myself too much with any agendas against the club, but an agenda specifically against the fans would certainly be unsettling.

Could you imagine thier rhetoric if we play the Scouse in a CL final.

It doesn't bare thinking about.

We'd be the new Chelsea fans.

 

[LongsightM13]

I do think that with the very recent Nick Harris outburst, combined with the even more recent David Mooney and Sam Lee discussions, that there's a worryingly increased anti-City fan sentiment within the media emerging.

It could all have been a coincidence, but I do wonder if there have been discussions amongst certain parties recently behind the scenes to trigger this whole thing.

I've never particularly concerned myself too much with any agendas against the club, but an agenda specifically against the fans would certainly be unsettling.

The barely concealed trolling and baiting certainly seems to have intensified and escalated this last few weeks. Harris has gone completely off the deep end, he probably needs an intervention

 

[chesterbells]

The barely concealed trolling and baiting certainly seems to have intensified and escalated this last few weeks. Harris has gone completely off the deep end, he probably needs an intervention

A divine one?