Our PR department and the media

[shinpads]

BBC are at it again, go to their football page and you wouldnt know we had even played at the weekend. not one mention of city whatsoever, but the rags, 6 articles at least.

 

[The-Dogs-Pollocks]

"All the big teams have gone through but they don't want a Manchester City.

They want one of Europe's elite. Go to the Nou Camp.

These fans deserve that. They deserve a really big European night out."

Danny mills reacts to Leicester qualifying for the champions league - twat.

 

[VOOMER]

Who cares, the media can be dealt with if we win the league, or CL each season. At the moment we are a shambles due to our Pep, or bust plan.

 

[waspish]

Who cares, the media can be dealt with if we win the league, or CL each season. At the moment we are a shambles due to our Pep, or bust plan.

It aint a pep or bust plan our owners dont think short term or have knee jerk reactions unlike the scum who only got the eye gauger because we appointed the best manager in the world! Scum scrambling around to be relevant spending shit loads on Donkeys.

 

[moomba]

Who cares, the media can be dealt with if we win the league, or CL each season. At the moment we are a shambles due to our Pep, or bust plan.

Shambles?

Christ.

 

[Jimmieblue]

I used to think I was paranoid about media coverage of City but I know now that's not the case.

A lifelong supporter, I'm 72 now, and it really angers me that, no matter what the club does, they get little or no recognition. I listen to the words used by so-called pundits (has been's I prefer to call them), and it's as though they would choke if they used a really positive adjective to describe a good move by a City player. Superlatives are banded about like candy for any other club, but City no.

Anything negative is pounced on immediately, and dwelt on endlessly. Kompany's one dodgy tackle, Bravo, Stones, Sterling, hounded to the point of affecting their game. Some organisation or people must be behind this, because it does affect all the media and that in itself is unusual.

The PR department definitely need to fight back on this and do some serious bridge-building or investigation.

I've given up Sky and I won't have BT because of the biase, surely that shouldn't be.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

For those interested, here's the club's response to the Points of Blue question about media management:

MEDIA
Q9. Softly softly approach to antagonistic reporters / papers doesn’t seem to do us any good. Ban one or two, to encourage the others.

A9. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach when it comes to media relations. The media is extremely varied and therefore our media relations strategy is complex and adapts from outlet to outlet, and from topic to topic. We work hard to have productive working relationships with the media and pride ourselves on the first-class facilities – as offered by all leading clubs – that external and internal club media are able to utilise.

That said, we aren’t afraid to take a hard line when a situation requires strong (and sometimes legal) action to protect the Club, our players and supporters. There have been numerous situations where legal warnings proactively initiated by the club, have resulted in erroneous stories never hitting the public domain in the first place. We have also seen real improvements from certain outlets when we have challenged what we have considered to be inappropriate or unfair reporting, and we will continue to take this stance when the situation calls for it. Banning reporters as a matter of course is not a strategy that we consider effective although restriction of access has on select occasions, in the instances of repeated misreporting with no right to reply, been applied.

 

[Jimmieblue]

For those interested, here's the club's response to the Points of Blue question about media management:

Thanks for that insight, it would seem the club has policies in place and has carried these out on occasions. There is still a problem with the media though, I have never been able to fathom it. It does sadden me that the club has risen to such amazing heights and yet the media never seem to be on their side and are always ready to undermine these achievements. I suppose the only thing is to ignore and prove them wrong on the pitch

 

[domalino]

For those interested, here's the club's response to the Points of Blue question about media management:

Seems fair enough.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Thanks for that insight, it would seem the club has policies in place and has carried these out on occasions. There is still a problem with the media though, I have never been able to fathom it. It does sadden me that the club has risen to such amazing heights and yet the media never seem to be on their side and are always ready to undermine these achievements. I suppose the only thing is to ignore and prove them wrong on the pitch

It really isn't hard to fathom. In a business model that relies on internet hits to drive advertising revenue they have to appeal to fans of clubs with large fanbases. And knocking us achieves that.

 

[SiMCFC]

Had to laugh at that nob Chris Evans this morning, lifelong Rag. Must have mentioned City getting beaten 4 times within 15 minutes of me leaving home then made a complete twat out of himself when it had to be explained to him yes Chris they went out with a 6-6 aggregate because of the away goals rule, no they didn't get beaten 9-6 or whatever shit he was trying to insinuate. But they don't care about little Citeh do they? Stupid ginger toss pot.

 

[VOOMER]

Shambles not a disaster. However looking at how old and wafer thin our squad now is I think shambles is a fair discription.

 

[Bentheblue]

It really isn't hard to fathom. In a business model that relies on internet hits to drive advertising revenue they have to appeal to fans of clubs with large fanbases. And knocking us achieves that.

I can see that applies to Sky and BT but the BBC are not reliant an advertising revenue and do not require Internet hits. Yet they are just as anti City as other media outlets.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I can see that applies to Sky and BT but the BBC are not reliant an advertising revenue and do not require Internet hits. Yet they are just as anti City as other media outlets.

And that's exactly why we're having a go at the BBC. They should have no commercial imperative to be biased and have a comprehensive charter and set of guidelines that supposedly ensure their impartiality. Yet still don't seem to bother being impartial.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

And that's exactly why we're having a go at the BBC. They should have no commercial imperative to be biased and have a comprehensive charter and set of guidelines that supposedly ensure their impartiality. Yet still don't seem to bother being impartial.

I agree with this, but they are under pressure from the government to justify their expenses, and webclicks is one of the things they can use for that. It's not commercial imperative, but it is an imperative that they have to adhere to. I don't believe it justifies everything that happens though.

I thought foreign uses of the BBC website saw adverts - is that wrong?

 

[Bentheblue]

And that's exactly why we're having a go at the BBC. They should have no commercial imperative to be biased and have a comprehensive charter and set of guidelines that supposedly ensure their impartiality. Yet still don't seem to bother being impartial.

I wish you all the luck in the world with having a go at the BBC but it seems they are not accountable to anyone and can get away with anything they like.
Tory governments have in the past had a go at them for their predominant left wing views and their slanted presentation of the news but nothing has changed. I know their charter states they should be impartial but in truth they rarely are on any topic.

 

[deafmanstevo]

It really isn't hard to fathom. In a business model that relies on internet hits to drive advertising revenue they have to appeal to fans of clubs with large fanbases. And knocking us achieves that.

City have a large fanbase , much bigger than some think on here, certainly in the top 5 behind utd, arse pool and maybe Chelsea . I just think some of the media like winding up City. Easier said than done but we should just ignore them supports the team and I'm sure success will come with Pep that will be enough to ram it down ther throats.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I wish you all the luck in the world with having a go at the BBC but it seems they are not accountable to anyone and can get away with anything they like.
Tory governments have in the past had a go at them for their predominant left wing views and their slanted presentation of the news but nothing has changed. I know their charter states they should be impartial but in truth they rarely are on any topic.

You only have to look at the way they have reported on Brexit and Trump in recent times to realise how completely and disgracefully unbalanced their reporting is. Why should football be any different?

 

[Bentheblue]

There was a House of Commons select committee report in February 2016 and the following is an extract of the report from the BBC's own website. It goes some way to explaining why the beeb think they are untouchable:-

"Tony Hall the director general of the BBC "operates with too high a degree of independence".
MPs have called for the BBC Board to be reformed with the addition of an independent Chair."
The BBC has a culture that is considered “bureaucratic, arrogant and introspective”, according to a parliamentary committee which calls for the abolition of the public broadcaster’s governing body, the BBC Trust.
In a major report ahead of publication of a Government White Paper on the future of the BBC, the Commons Media select committee said the Trust had “lost confidence and credibility”.

I do not know whether anything has changed since this report.

 

[ancoats]

the PR people at manchester city are shocking at best

its just a job to them and i would bet not many are fans of the club and just getting paid a good wage money for old rope
how many good stories come out from the camp and unless it shows us in a bad light and then nothing faster hits the headlines than a story about city

we should have are own satellite tv channel and city people running it everything on it should be for the good of the club and glorify everything by 100% it works for chelsea united liverpool and the fan base they pick up around they think the premier league was a 3 horse race every season over hype to the hill so why don't we do it