Media Thread - 2021/22

[Rochdale Blue]

Unbelievable! What is weird is, as you highlight Longsight, his statement that 'it doesn't matter if it's true'...

Btw, just watched motd, our goals again did not feature for discussion or replay in the pundit summary section, the bbc airbrush being wielded again...

The mail have done a summary on this week's pl games. Guess which one isn't covered.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Does this answer your question at the end?

Sunday Express sports writer fired over Liverpool FC opinion piece vows to continue fighting 'gag on freedom of speech'

A Sunday Express sports correspondent who was fired after criticising Liverpool FC fans in an online comment piece has vowed to continue fighting his dismissal, which he said was a “gag on freedom of speech”. Colin Mafham, who has worked as a journalist for 50 years, accused Express Newspapers...

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...

pressgazette.co.uk

Sacked Sunday Express columnist Mafham accepts Reach pay out - Sports Journalists' Association

By ANTON RIPPON Former Sunday Express sports journalist Colin Mafham has accepted a “substantial” settlement from publisher Reach plc after the paper suspended him and then sacked him following publication of an article in which he said that Liverpool supporters “frightened the living daylights”...

www.sportsjournalists.co.uk

Thats it right there, anyone speaks out they are rounded on. I’ve heard of horror stories on Twitter exchanges with Liverpool supporters of anyone giving them a different opinion, they then seek to find out where the person works and start harassing them through that means. This lot would do well in Russia spreading disinformation and shutting down any view that goes against the agenda.

 

[jjctid]

City getting criticised for not willing to meet a £150m fee for Kane and now getting criticised for activating a £60m release clause for Haaland…. You literally can't make it up, but they do and get paid for it. Mind boggles

You haven't seen anything yet! I am just trying to come up with the awaited negativity from the usual muppets. I have come up with these ( feel free to add - I am sure there will be more! ) 1- He is injury prone 2 - He only scores penalties / tap-ins etc 3 - He is unproven in the Premier League 4 - Can he do it on a cold tuesday night in Stoke / Burnley etc 5 - He is a mercenary and is using us a stepping stone to get his dream move to Real madrid etc

 

[hammocity]

The hacks being taken aback by Pep calling out the rimming of the dippers in this country is laughable. You never see Sky or BT sports going quiet on commentary to listen to us sing ‘Hey Jude’ like they do creaming themselves over You’ll never walk alone’. You don’t see Jake Humphries in tears when Liverpool get a questionable decision like he behaved when City beat Arsenal on New Year’s Day. You dont see the English press going after Liverpool for hacking intellectual property like they do for City being cleared at the CAS.

Then look at who presents all the shows on Sky,bt sports, BBC etc. Dalglish’s daughter, Redknapp, Carragher, Mcpointalot, Souness, Owen, Murphy,Mane’s fucking bird.

Sports media in this country is programmed to pump out content for 2 certain groups of supporters. After that the other clubs are fucked for coverage, why is it? To shaft as much money out of the Scouse vermin or are they scared of the backlash they could potentially get?

And still no replays on any channel or any images in the media of Fabhino’s forearm smash sending off which would have seen him out for the season bar the last match. If that was one of our players it would be 3 days into a 5 day loop on Sly with Dermot Gallagher telling us it is “definitely the right decision to retrospectively have him banned”.

 

[jrb]

As they say in France.....

Pisse bouillante

 

[Kippaxpete]

Does this answer your question at the end?

Sunday Express sports writer fired over Liverpool FC opinion piece vows to continue fighting 'gag on freedom of speech'

A Sunday Express sports correspondent who was fired after criticising Liverpool FC fans in an online comment piece has vowed to continue fighting his dismissal, which he said was a “gag on freedom of speech”. Colin Mafham, who has worked as a journalist for 50 years, accused Express Newspapers...

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...

pressgazette.co.uk

Sacked Sunday Express columnist Mafham accepts Reach pay out - Sports Journalists' Association

By ANTON RIPPON Former Sunday Express sports journalist Colin Mafham has accepted a “substantial” settlement from publisher Reach plc after the paper suspended him and then sacked him following publication of an article in which he said that Liverpool supporters “frightened the living daylights”...

www.sportsjournalists.co.uk

You don't have to look hard to see all the hallmarks of a classic 'pity city' story. The journalist in question committed the cardinal sin of offering even mild criticism of 'the best fans in the world' (trademark) before compounding his error by mentioning Heysel. Cue faux outrage from the editor of the Echo and immediate disciplinary action by the Express whose editor is, you guessed it, a fan of the dippers. Nice to see the judiciary still act as an independent arbiter of free speech in this country though I'm not sure the final outcome received much in the way of media interest. Hmmm...why could that be I wonder?

 

[Prophet of Doom]

As they say in France.....

Pisse bouillante

Evra is turning into the Utd version of John Aldridge / Collymore. Willing to say any old snide shit about City to pick up a small fee.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Hahah. Perth, Western Australia. What also makes it even funnier is I have a British Bulldog, the Newcastle fan a French Bulldog (that’s how we first met through walking the dogs) and the Chelsea fan had an Aussie Bulldog. I kid you not.

Pity they're not bird lovers, you could've shown em your Norwegian Blue.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

Sam Lee’s denial of any media bias this week summed him up.

The Athletic is set up to report on 2 clubs. They have cherry picked the most one eyed reporters to cover those two clubs - whilst City have the same number of reporters as Sheffield Wednesday. Actually probably less pro-rata as Sam seems to pick and choose the away games he attends.

So whilst teams in red get fanzine writers / lifelong fans or bloggers - we get a rag from the Midlands with his head in the sand writing what his red bosses tell him, or ( lets not forget this nugget ) reporting back from WhatsApp calls with Delaney McKenna and co.

 

[paulchapo]

Evra is turning into the Utd version of John Aldridge / Collymore. Willing to say any old snide shit about City to pick up a small fee.

The man's a prick pure and simple. Suarez should have bitten his jugular.