Media Thread - 2021/22

[Dirty Harry]

My personal experience with Mooney is that he would throw his own mum under a bus if it meant it slightly advanced his media career. He wouldn’t hesitate to do the same to City that’s for sure. He’s absolutely desperate for a job in the industry and will say what he needs to and suck up to the right people to get there.

I get the impression quite a lot of these blogger/podcast/Youtuber types would do exactly the same for a bit of “fame”, so I don’t think he’d be alone in that, quite sad really.

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

In one sense, City fans are victims of this bias. It is therefore gaslighting/victim blaming when the press say we are paranoid for complaining about our treatment. Remember, according to Syed in the Times, we are 'feral rats'.

I remember when Syed the Ping Pong cheat had that first go at us. Apart from Clubs with fans like Millwall, it was unheard of for fans to get criticised for getting behind their team. To be called rats was almost unbelievable, especially in a paper like the Times.
Perhaps we are now witnessing phase two of the wider campaign by these bastards.

 

[KS55]

I remember when Syed the Ping Pong cheat had that first go at us. Apart from Clubs with fans like Millwall, it was unheard of for fans to get criticised for getting behind their team. To be called rats was almost unbelievable, especially in a paper like the Times.
Perhaps we are now witnessing phase two of the wider campaign by these bastards.

There is a journo on here from the specialist on-line press (forget who) who was warned by a main stream media writer that the war against City was set to intensify.

 

[Danny Hoekman]

I get the impression quite a lot of these blogger/podcast/Youtuber types would do exactly the same for a bit of “fame”, so I don’t think he’d be alone in that, quite sad really.

Am I alone in having never watched/listened to a vlogger/podcaster/YouTuber?

 

[Dirty Harry]

Am I alone in having never watched/listened to a vlogger/podcaster/YouTuber?

Probably not Danny, football wise I’ve only ever watched or read anything that’s been linked from here, otherwise I wouldn’t bother.

 

[Scareye]

Am I alone in having never watched/listened to a vlogger/podcaster/YouTuber?

You are not.

 

[waspish]

When you only pick on one team to ask this question to fans and not any other fans of there clubs.

Makes me more suspicious! It’s weird they don’t see it as targeting one set of fans/clubs!


Maybe there been so much shit thrown at us over the last 10 years they just oblivious to it all?

 

[wolviedinho]

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.

An agenda against the club is an agenda against the fans, we are one and the same. The club don’t belong and should know its place. The old guard want us gone. Getting the fans to turn on our owners is the next step in operation remove football competition. They tried it with Pep and the empty seats agenda and now this is another anti competition angle dreamed up to destabilise the success achieved by Abu Dhabi.

It’s all lies. These journalists are only the pawns in a game way above their pay grade. No marks writing shit for idiot red shirt supporters so they can eat at the big boys table. It’s all a scam.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

‘Journalism is printing what someone else does not want published; everything else is public relations.‘

The problem is that most Sports writers aren’t real journalists , only the ones that report on city it seems ….

 

[mayo31]

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.

I said something similar after the opening game at Spurs

However i did say it will get to the point where City fans will be attacked physically

It happened at Spurs, close at Chelsea and West Ham plus Lisbon, although Lisbon could be because we are an English club

Let's see at Everton, Leeds.

These are my experiences.