Media Thread - 2021/22

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I wonder whether the sports reporters on RT (Russia today) - never watched it -had it in for us or were part of the WhatsApp menagerie.
 
Just waiting for one of the usual suspects to link City with Putin and the invasion of Ukraine.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
The Athletic made operational losses of £41m in its last set of figures and that was even after shedding 8 per cent of its workforce. Whatever they are doing they are not keeping enough of their customers happy and Sam Lee is on a very dodgy wicket. Let's wait and see what happens with their new bosses at the New York Times.
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Absolutely mate.
 
stan bowles said:
"...there is no journalist brave enough to do that..."

Nail hit firmly on the head. They're not stupid enough to inflame The Cult and risk recrimination.
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The treatment of Colin Mafham by the cult-riddled Reach PLC was prima facie evidence of this

pressgazette.co.uk

Reach pays ‘substantial’ settlement to ex-Sunday Express football writer fired over column criticising Liverpool FC fans

A former Sunday Express football writer who was sacked last year over a column criticising Liverpool FC fans has accepted a substantial settlement from publisher Reach. Colin Mafham was suspended from the newspaper, where he spent 15 years on contract, in April last year and later dismissed for...
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Metalartin said:
Not seen who said this... Was it Nick by any chance? He seems one of the most copout prone of the whatsapp group.

Whataboutery, is a term people use, when they can't argue that they haven't been caught out with blatant double standards. I suppose in their profession, admitting you have double standards or agendas is not done, because integrity(or the illusion of it) is supposed to be paramount.

Pigeons and chessboards spring to mind though, when I see that buzzword used.
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'Whataboutery' is one of Simon Jordan's go to words. Funny though, that when Shouty Man went to town on England fans because of the trouble at the Euro final, saying the rest of Europe calls it the 'English Disease', Jordan pointed out that it isn't the case. Most of Europe, especially Italy, have their troubles too, he said. Obviously, he was only comparing like for like thugs from different countries as a way of getting his point across. He did the same only yesterday, when again Shouty Man asked if English teams should boycott the chimps league final, should they qualify, because of the situation in Ukraine. 'Of course not', he said, other sports don't boycott the likes of Qatar and Saudi Arabia because of human rights abuse. Of course, it was only for comparison reasons to highlight his point and not 'whataboutery'. They all do it, and like you say, it's a way of shutting peoples arguments down when they haven't an answer to a legitimate question.
 
halfcenturyup said:
Reminds me of something one of my mentors told me when I started working in Geneva. People will forgive you for making a mistake, but they will never forgive you for being right.
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Yep and the usual suspects are still raging and bitter about the fact ‘civilian’ City fans ran absolute rings around them over the CAS hearing
 
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