Media Thread - 2021/22

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Marvin said:
Manchester City's owner's commercial strategy is vindicated as financial success has followed the trophies.

Those financial journalists who cannot accept facts demonstrate have no integrity, and have been shown to have no integrity. This has been an emphatic victory for Manchester City's fanbase but the war will continue, and our opponents will continue to fight dirty.

If you want fair coverage of Manchester City then you will have to provide that coverage yourself and boycott the scab press in doing so. That is a pointed message to those Manchester City fans who still contribute in the Guardian whilst the newspaper keeps up a relentless campaign against City who this weekend considered it appropriate in their football match report to repeat the claims of a British MP who questioned whether City's Arab owner was "a fit and proper person to be owning a football club, saying it would be good to see the back of him."

Britain is the home of militarism, and the Guardian regards Britain as a leader of the free-world. It's sickening to read in a time of war so please do not support it by commenting in it. That is how you monetise criticism of Manchester City.
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There was a mention on the forum somewhere that the meeting between Syria and uae was on behalf/sponsored by the UN.

I can’t find any news item saying that though, has anyone got a link to something that shows that to be the case?

if it is sponsored by the UN then they can all STFU, ( cf uk govt meeting Sinn Fein).

if it was part of a wider Arab led progression on Syria… hmm maybe ok.

if it was just the UAE off their own bat… that’s not a particularly good look.
 
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JASR said:
There was a mention on the forum somewhere that the meeting between Syria and uae was on behalf/sponsored by the UN.

I can’t find any news item saying that though, has anyone got a link to something that shows that to be the case?

if it is sponsored by the UN then they can all STFU, ( cf uk govt meeting Sinn Fein).

if it was part of a wider Arab led progression on Syria… hmm maybe ok.

if it was just the UAE off their own bat… that’s not a particularly good look.
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Amid Stalemate, Acute Suffering in Syria, Special Envoy Tells Security Council Political Solution ‘Only Way Out’ | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

The international diplomacy needed to spur humanitarian and early recovery efforts will be more precarious against the new backdrop of military operations in Ukraine, the top United Nations official on Syria warned the Security Council today, as he briefed members on recent developments.
www.un.org www.un.org

Direct quote from UN envoy for Syria:
“It is plain that there is a stalemate, that there is acute suffering and that a political solution is the only way out,” he said. This requires a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned political process, which must be supported by constructive international diplomacy”
 
SilvaisSkyBlue said:
It is, but the story comes from The Athletic with the MP criticising being Chris Bryant, the very same Chris Bryant who tweeted the following to a Russian Oligarch father and son:

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The very same MP who is now saying the following:








Chris Bryant

@RhonddaBryant

This is why I will do everything in my power to make sure every single Putin apologist, crony and useful idiot and every Putin oligarch with stolen Russian money faces justice - and why I won’t be bullied into silence by anyone. #standwithUkraine
 
SilvaisSkyBlue said:
It is, but the story comes from The Athletic with the MP criticising being Chris Bryant, the very same Chris Bryant who tweeted the following to a Russian Oligarch father and son:

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SilvaisSkyBlue said:
The very same MP who is now saying the following:



Chris Bryant
@RhonddaBryant

This is why I will do everything in my power to make sure every single Putin apologist, crony and useful idiot and every Putin oligarch with stolen Russian money faces justice - and why I won’t be bullied into silence by anyone. #standwithUkraine
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So an MP who appears to be completely trustworthy and not saying one thing but actually balls deep in lies and defection of his own! @chrisbryantjustanotherlyingduplicitouscunt
 
SilvaisSkyBlue said:
The very same MP who is now saying the following:



Chris Bryant
@RhonddaBryant

This is why I will do everything in my power to make sure every single Putin apologist, crony and useful idiot and every Putin oligarch with stolen Russian money faces justice - and why I won’t be bullied into silence by anyone. #standwithUkraine
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Looks like someone is trying to make a name for themselves. It's not about you Chris, it's about those suffering
 
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manimanc said:
Is it traditional that every shite journalist has the surname Harris?

We got this clown in tears telling us we're top of the rich list, we got nostrils Harris and him thinking he's the middle east correspondent with his shite about human rights abuse blah blah blah.

I'm sure there's another Harris out there who is as bitter as the two mentioned.

I love the fact we get under people's skins and especially those in the media.
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There are three Harrisholes: Nick, Rob and Daniel
 
I suspect we'll be in for a summer of our caring and benevolent tabloid press being extremely concerned about the ownership of any club that doesn't play in red. I imagine the shit will get going properly around mid-April.
 
halfcenturyup said:
This is true. It's almost like he is just trying to generate traffic by tweeting ill-informed half-truths to a simple following. Shame on anyone rolling him out as any kind of expert.

It's disappointing, because there is a great story to be told about Mansour, Khaldoon and the rest, their positions in the Middle East business world and how they have turned City into the success it is on and off the field.

Some of it could be done by a serious financial journalist (I don't mean Harris) and some by a serious sports journalist (if such a thing exists any more).

Hell, I may even give it a go myself if I ever have time.
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Sheikh Mansour’s Biggest Win: Manchester City’s $4.6 Billion Increase In Value

With every significant achievement his team makes; from scooping a domestic treble to reaching the Champions League final, there is always that question: Why?
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SilvaisSkyBlue said:
The very same MP who is now saying the following:



Chris Bryant
@RhonddaBryant

This is why I will do everything in my power to make sure every single Putin apologist, crony and useful idiot and every Putin oligarch with stolen Russian money faces justice - and why I won’t be bullied into silence by anyone. #standwithUkraine
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Didn't he get pulled up for trying to claim excess cash for his second home around ten/twelve years ago? I may be wrong, apologies to him if so.
 
At best you could say the meeting with Sheikh Mansour was a step on the road to progressing the way to peace and stability and bringing in Syria from the diplomatic cold in the Middle East. At worst, it's extending friendly relations with the hard line Syrian government which has cracked down on democracy and free speech and been embroiled in a long standing civil war and in which the west has been supporting opposition groups. It's bound to attract scrutiny and obvious comment, some of it negative, due to the ongoing situation in Syria.
 
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