Media thread 2022/23

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SebastianBlue said:
He has no doubt drafted, edited, and submitted that article via devices that are only possible (and affordable enough for him, his company, and infrastructure more generally to purchase at scale) via effectively slave labour and abject corruption/maleficence in various countries at nearly every phase of production. In some cases, literally directly perpetuated by the parent conglomerates of the media outlets.

And—to be clear—that apathy to the suffering of others to support our lifestyle is a cross we all bear.

But the self-righteous hypocrisy, that so often goes unexposed and unchallenged, is one of the most deeply infuriating aspects of the entire organised narrative.

Does the UAE have problems with Human Rights? It absolutely does. Does our owner hold some responsibility for it? I think he does, as a member of the royal family and now Vice President of the country. Do the origin nations of other owners in the league also have problems with Human Rights? They absolutely fucking do. Do some of those owners also hold some responsibility for it? They definitely do, either directly or indirectly (one only needs to look in to where their wealth to run their clubs comes from).

This is an issue across not only sport but global industry writ-large. And the UK (and later US) helped create (and in many regions, still maintains) a huge portion of it, including in the Middle East.

To fixate on our owners for problems with human rights is an exercise in naked diversion and unadulterated racism.

But the masses will swallow it whole, without critical analysis or self-reflection, because they desperately want to feel morally superior whilst forgetting their duality of being both exploited by the elite and also complicit in the exploitation of many more elsewhere in the world.

It is all jingoism, xenophobia, and quiet desperation for absolution masked in performative clickbait bullshite.

Unfortunately, it’s only likely to get worse if we win tonight.

But I am prepared for that, because fuck the racist hypocrites, City Til I Die
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Skip Donoghue said:
He is one boring ****, he needs tofind some new material the plank
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Yep - he’s always quick to wheel himself out whenever City have a big game on and he smells the opportunity to make a few quid off the back of ‘his’ club, happily rehashing the same racist, sectarian bullshit article he’s been peddling ad nauseam for the last 15 years.

Tired old **** needs putting out to pasture - but I’m sure we’ll all have the benefit of reading the same boring, self-indulgent article again whenever we next hit a major final!
 
I see Newcastle are starting to get the racist undertoned microscope all of the sudden.. loads of so called journos jumping on their new sponsorship because it’s a Saudi firm.. I wonder whether they will become the new whipping boys if we complete the journey tonight. Never go into detail and not picking of European or American sponsorship deals
 
SebastianBlue said:
He has no doubt drafted, edited, and submitted that article via devices that are only possible (and affordable enough for him, his company, and infrastructure more generally to purchase at scale) via effectively slave labour and abject corruption/maleficence in various countries at nearly every phase of production. In some cases, literally directly perpetuated by the parent conglomerates of the media outlets.

And—to be clear—that apathy to the suffering of others to support our lifestyle is a cross we all bear.

But the self-righteous hypocrisy, that so often goes unexposed and unchallenged, is one of the most deeply infuriating aspects of the entire organised narrative.

Does the UAE have problems with Human Rights? It absolutely does. Does our owner hold some responsibility for it? I think he does, as a member of the royal family and now Vice President of the country. Do the origin nations of other owners in the league also have problems with Human Rights? They absolutely fucking do. Do some of those owners also hold some responsibility for it? They definitely do, either directly or indirectly (one only needs to look in to where their wealth to run their clubs comes from).

This is an issue across not only sport but global industry writ-large. And the UK (and later US) helped create (and in many regions, still maintains) a huge portion of it, including in the Middle East.

To fixate on our owners for problems with human rights is an exercise in naked diversion and unadulterated racism.

But the masses will swallow it whole, without critical analysis or self-reflection, because they desperately want to feel morally superior whilst forgetting their duality of being both exploited by the elite and also complicit in the exploitation of many more elsewhere in the world.

It is all jingoism, xenophobia, and quiet desperation for absolution masked in performative clickbait bullshite.

Unfortunately, it’s only likely to get worse if we win tonight.

But I am prepared for that, because fuck the racist hypocrites, City Til I Die.
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