We, everyone of us, need to be proactive with the media. Email them, facebook, Twitter, etc.
Get onto the media, hound them, don't take this quietly.
I've sent this, highlighting the investment in East Manchester, our best angle of attack.
To:
gary.payne@telegraph.co.uk
Cc:
sam.wallace@telegraph.co.uk,
james.ducker@telegraph.co.uk
Wed, 8 Feb at 16:55
Dear Gary,
Further to the news this week that the Premier League has started proceedings against Manchester City F.C. organisation for alleged financial misdemeanours, please consider the following -
Will the Premier league be sending in the bulldozers to flatten the extensive urban redevelopment in East Manchester on the back of the Abu Dhabi/Manchester City investment? The creation of hundreds of affordable houses, sports facilities and community centres that have been built as a direct result of the Abu Dhabi funds. Thousands of Mancunians have had their lives uplifted as a result, whether City fans or inhabitants of East Manchester.
This very significant fact does not get mentioned in the Telegraph, conveniently it appears. Typically, this week in the Telegraph sports section, there were numerous negative reports/articles, outrageously pressing the case for the Premier League action to the detriment of Manchester City's very existence. There a complete absence of an explanation of the Abu Dhabi investment in East Manchester. Not one sentence on the benefits to the community, no other club has similarly invested as much in local infrastructure.
As for dubious club funding, there is Rwanda's authoritarian government's sponsorship of Arsenal F.C, a dark side example of hideous 'sports washing'. Millions of pounds of British tax payers money channelled through Rwanda back to Arsenal F.C. The Rwandan government of President Ruesasabinga cited for it's human rights abuses, torture and executions.
But it doesn't end there does it? There are few PL clubs that can claim to be whiter than white.
Liverpool's hacking the emails of PL rivals for confidential player transfer information. Also the club's unethical method of acquiring housing for Anfield redevelopment, allegedly.
Manchester United's debt loaded Glazer takeover, that's seen hundreds of millions of pounds sucked out of the Manchester United community into a Florida bank account. Today one only has to visit a dilapidated Old Trafford stadium to see the result of Glazer football club investment.
As for
Chelsea, well look no further than Abramovich's background; close associate of Putin and Russian oil giant Sibneft.
None of the above PL clubs, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have invested as much in their local communities than City have done in Manchester; where thousands of people have had their lives uplifted either as football fans or as local residents.
Which model would a right minded PL prefer?
Respected football finance expert Kieran Maguire said: "If Man City are guilty, there have been accusations against other clubs and does this create a snowball? Certain clubs have been lobbying against Man City. Does this now create a vicious circle in the world of the Premier League where everyone is pointing fingers at each other."
But you will not find mention any of the above in the pages of the Telegraph. This serious matter requires objective intelligent journalism rather than subjective, biased and clearly ill-informed headline screaming.
As for the choice of reader's letters in the sports section, typically all letters reflect anti City views. Not one had a balanced view point. Again presenting a particular and obvious agenda.
The Telegraph should send one of it's reporters up to East Manchester to see for themselves how Manchester City's investment has transformed a community, enhancing the well being of the citizen's. An investment not funded by British tax payers money, not by toxic debt, not by nefarious property/share trading and not by asset stripping. Maybe then we might have some honest, factual and impartial reporting to read.