so this agenda thing.

[willipp]

Maybe im becoming over sensitive to this shit but sky are pissing me off. Javi has gone to Zenit which they are reporting, along with a host of other transfers. Every other transfer gives a fee or undisclosed where as Javis doesnt mention any figure. Its been widely reported 12/13 million, so why are Sky excluding any details. Only one reason and thats beacuse they dont want people thinking we are actually raising money from selling players.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

Wow, £175m. :-)

I look forward to Fetlocks telling me that City aren't deliberately painted in a particular light by the press, and that the tin foil is sticking out from under my hat ....... ;)

I have never stated that some sections of the media aren't biased against us - they clearly are.
But this bias does not amount to an agenda.
Now get back behind the settee and brush up on your Diana and Twin Towers theories.
Oh sorry - nearly forgot;
:)

 

[Marvin]

Maybe im becoming over sensitive to this shit but sky are pissing me off. Javi has gone to Zenit which they are reporting, along with a host of other transfers. Every other transfer gives a fee or undisclosed where as Javis doesnt mention any figure. Its been widely reported 12/13 million, so why are Sky excluding any details. Only one reason and thats beacuse they dont want people thinking we are actually raising money from selling players.

Probably nothing in it, but the overall slant is not about objective reporting and investigation it's about ensuring the content is agreeable to their market. We'll have to wait until that market changes.

In the meantime we can take pleasure from beating the critics and proving them wrong.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Wow, £175m. :-)

I look forward to Fetlocks telling me that City aren't deliberately painted in a particular light by the press, and that the tin foil is sticking out from under my hat ....... ;)

I have never stated that some sections of the media aren't biased against us - they clearly are.
But this bias does not amount to an agenda.
Now get back behind the settee and brush up on your Diana and Twin Towers theories.
Oh sorry - nearly forgot;
:)

Diana was killed by the CIA after threatening to expose the moon landings as a fake, everyone knows that.

I am though uncomfortable with the somewhat wide parameters attached to your definition of bias. Bias is Taggart telling the world in his comic book memoirs that they battered us in the 6-1. Struggling to see the bias in this story however, because it looks like yet another lazy and deliberate attempt to portray City as gauche, money spunking arrivistes. Probably doesn't sit fully within the definition of agenda either, but there are elements of both involved IMO

 

[Pigeonho]

Maybe im becoming over sensitive to this shit but sky are pissing me off. Javi has gone to Zenit which they are reporting, along with a host of other transfers. Every other transfer gives a fee or undisclosed where as Javis doesnt mention any figure. Its been widely reported 12/13 million, so why are Sky excluding any details. Only one reason and thats beacuse they dont want people thinking we are actually raising money from selling players.

Just say for one second there is just a grain of truth in that, and that when the transfer went through the editor at Sky Sports said:
'Right lads and lasses, don't report on the fee City got for Garcia'
Then Natalie Sawyer had the utter front to say:
'Why the fuck not, boss?'
And the editors reply was:
'Because I don't want Mr A Smith in his chair there in *insert random village here* to know that those cunts are making any money'

Why would that bother you? You know what we made, as do, (more importantly), the money men at the club. So why would you care so much to the point it's 'pissing me off'?

 

[BlueHalli]

Missus had one of these 'good morning uk' programs on this morn . One of the pratts (the annoyin mixed race one with a face thats beggin to be punched) was doin a pre season update report . Where was he !? Outside the fookin swamp .

Why!? Why was he stood outside a stadium where the team that plays there pretty much finished midtable ?. I just think it would make more sence to take the short trip into manchester and stand outside the home of the champions !.

I didnt watch.it all but would id prob be fooling myself that he popped in to manc and visited the home of the champions later on ?.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

I look forward to Fetlocks telling me that City aren't deliberately painted in a particular light by the press, and that the tin foil is sticking out from under my hat ....... ;)

I have never stated that some sections of the media aren't biased against us - they clearly are.
But this bias does not amount to an agenda.
Now get back behind the settee and brush up on your Diana and Twin Towers theories.
Oh sorry - nearly forgot;
:)

Diana was killed by the CIA after threatening to expose the moon landings as a fake, everyone knows that.

I am though uncomfortable with the somewhat wide parameters attached to your definition of bias. Bias is Taggart telling the world in his comic book memoirs that they battered us in the 6-1. Struggling to see the bias in this story however, because it looks like yet another lazy and deliberate attempt to portray City as gauche, money spunking arrivistes. Probably doesn't sit fully within the definition of agenda either, but there are elements of both involved IMO

It is undoubtedly lazy, formulaic and simplistic journalism of the worst kind mate, but sadly this is becoming par for the course nowadays, the best efforts of George Hannah to return this noble profession back to the halcyon days of honesty and integrity notwithstanding.
I agree that this whole bias/agenda business has long since become mired in semantics and sophistry, but there are still folks on here who truly do believe in the existence of some kind of multi-agency top-level conspiracy with the goal of destroying Manchester City, and it's those people I am taking issue with really, rather than the majority who think that some hacks just don't like us, which I accept is true.
Cliches such as 'moneybags City', are just simple soundbites that the Sun-buying great unwashed can absorb without having to think for themselves, and this audience is largely the target demographic said lazy journalists are aiming at.
Nobody ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great British public, as some wise bloke once said.
My personal view is that tabloid hacks don't really give a flying fuck who wins the Premiership, just so long as stringing together 200 poorly written words about it pays for their bar bill and their wives shoes and handbags.

 

[BlueHalli]

Maybe im becoming over sensitive to this shit but sky are pissing me off. Javi has gone to Zenit which they are reporting, along with a host of other transfers. Every other transfer gives a fee or undisclosed where as Javis doesnt mention any figure. Its been widely reported 12/13 million, so why are Sky excluding any details. Only one reason and thats beacuse they dont want people thinking we are actually raising money from selling players.

Just say for one second there is just a grain of truth in that, and that when the transfer went through the editor at Sky Sports said:
'Right lads and lasses, don't report on the fee City got for Garcia'
Then Natalie Sawyer had the utter front to say:
'Why the fuck not, boss?'
And the editors reply was:
'Because I don't want Mr A Smith in his chair there in *insert random village here* to know that those c**ts are making any money'

Why would that bother you? You know what we made, as do, (more importantly), the money men at the club. So why would you care so much to the point it's 'pissing me off'?

Put it this way. Itll be interesting to see whether or no they do a stat table on total spends includin ins and outs. If we spent shit loads but sold none, you could garentee theyd do it .

 

[Pigeonho]

Maybe im becoming over sensitive to this shit but sky are pissing me off. Javi has gone to Zenit which they are reporting, along with a host of other transfers. Every other transfer gives a fee or undisclosed where as Javis doesnt mention any figure. Its been widely reported 12/13 million, so why are Sky excluding any details. Only one reason and thats beacuse they dont want people thinking we are actually raising money from selling players.

Just say for one second there is just a grain of truth in that, and that when the transfer went through the editor at Sky Sports said:
'Right lads and lasses, don't report on the fee City got for Garcia'
Then Natalie Sawyer had the utter front to say:
'Why the fuck not, boss?'
And the editors reply was:
'Because I don't want Mr A Smith in his chair there in *insert random village here* to know that those c**ts are making any money'

Why would that bother you? You know what we made, as do, (more importantly), the money men at the club. So why would you care so much to the point it's 'pissing me off'?

Put it this way. Itll be interesting to see whether or no they do a stat table on total spends includin ins and outs. If we spent shit loads but sold none, you could garentee theyd do it .

What, you mean like the one they do on every club at the side of the screen on a daily basis?

 

[The Flash]

Bias? Certainly. Industry-wide agenda? Nah.

 

[malg]

Missus had one of these 'good morning uk' programs on this morn . One of the pratts (the annoyin mixed race one with a face thats beggin to be punched) was doin a pre season update report . Where was he !? Outside the fookin swamp .

Why!? Why was he stood outside a stadium where the team that plays there pretty much finished midtable ?. I just think it would make more sence to take the short trip into manchester and stand outside the home of the champions !.

I didnt watch.it all but would id prob be fooling myself that he popped in to manc and visited the home of the champions later on ?.

I would imagine it's because they open the season at home v Swansea and most sports reporters are there already.

 

[malg]

Missus had one of these 'good morning uk' programs on this morn . One of the pratts (the annoyin mixed race one with a face thats beggin to be punched) was doin a pre season update report . Where was he !? Outside the fookin swamp .

Why!? Why was he stood outside a stadium where the team that plays there pretty much finished midtable ?. I just think it would make more sence to take the short trip into manchester and stand outside the home of the champions !.

I didnt watch.it all but would id prob be fooling myself that he popped in to manc and visited the home of the champions later on ?.

I would imagine it's because they open the season at home v Swansea and most sports reporters are there already.

 

[malg]

Missus had one of these 'good morning uk' programs on this morn . One of the pratts (the annoyin mixed race one with a face thats beggin to be punched) was doin a pre season update report . Where was he !? Outside the fookin swamp .

Why!? Why was he stood outside a stadium where the team that plays there pretty much finished midtable ?. I just think it would make more sence to take the short trip into manchester and stand outside the home of the champions !.

I didnt watch.it all but would id prob be fooling myself that he popped in to manc and visited the home of the champions later on ?.

Probably because they open the season at home v Swansea and most sports reporters are there already.

 

[BlueHalli]

Just say for one second there is just a grain of truth in that, and that when the transfer went through the editor at Sky Sports said:
'Right lads and lasses, don't report on the fee City got for Garcia'
Then Natalie Sawyer had the utter front to say:
'Why the fuck not, boss?'
And the editors reply was:
'Because I don't want Mr A Smith in his chair there in *insert random village here* to know that those c**ts are making any money'

Why would that bother you? You know what we made, as do, (more importantly), the money men at the club. So why would you care so much to the point it's 'pissing me off'?

Put it this way. Itll be interesting to see whether or no they do a stat table on total spends includin ins and outs. If we spent shit loads but sold none, you could garentee theyd do it .

What, you mean like the one they do on every club at the side of the screen on a daily basis?

No.

 

[malg]

Missus had one of these 'good morning uk' programs on this morn . One of the pratts (the annoyin mixed race one with a face thats beggin to be punched) was doin a pre season update report . Where was he !? Outside the fookin swamp .

Why!? Why was he stood outside a stadium where the team that plays there pretty much finished midtable ?. I just think it would make more sence to take the short trip into manchester and stand outside the home of the champions !.

I didnt watch.it all but would id prob be fooling myself that he popped in to manc and visited the home of the champions later on ?.

Probably because they open the season at home v Swansea and most sports reporters are there already.

 

[BlueHalli]

Just say for one second there is just a grain of truth in that, and that when the transfer went through the editor at Sky Sports said:
'Right lads and lasses, don't report on the fee City got for Garcia'
Then Natalie Sawyer had the utter front to say:
'Why the fuck not, boss?'
And the editors reply was:
'Because I don't want Mr A Smith in his chair there in *insert random village here* to know that those c**ts are making any money'

Why would that bother you? You know what we made, as do, (more importantly), the money men at the club. So why would you care so much to the point it's 'pissing me off'?

Put it this way. Itll be interesting to see whether or no they do a stat table on total spends includin ins and outs. If we spent shit loads but sold none, you could garentee theyd do it .

What, you mean like the one they do on every club at the side of the screen on a daily basis?

No.

 

[Pigeonho]

Put it this way. Itll be interesting to see whether or no they do a stat table on total spends includin ins and outs. If we spent shit loads but sold none, you could garentee theyd do it .

What, you mean like the one they do on every club at the side of the screen on a daily basis?

No.

Ah, would that one not suffice in the argument you're trying to make?
Deep down you know that Sky not stating in that particular bulletin what the Garcia fee was has absolutely zero effect on anything.

 

[malg]

OK, no I didn't mean to post that 4 times.....fuck knows what happened.

 

[BlueHalli]

Missus had one of these 'good morning uk' programs on this morn . One of the pratts (the annoyin mixed race one with a face thats beggin to be punched) was doin a pre season update report . Where was he !? Outside the fookin swamp .

Why!? Why was he stood outside a stadium where the team that plays there pretty much finished midtable ?. I just think it would make more sence to take the short trip into manchester and stand outside the home of the champions !.

I didnt watch.it all but would id prob be fooling myself that he popped in to manc and visited the home of the champions later on ?.

Probably because they open the season at home v Swansea and most sports reporters are there already.

What difference should that make !. Its notlike they play today and this is some presenter from a morning show .

I wonder where he would be if the opening game was something like palace v swansea ?.

 

[The Flash]

Bias? Certainly. Industry-wide agenda? Nah.