Stuart Brennan. MEN.

[stonerblue]

Don't think he'll be coming back after that last lot of posts

Trying to defend the wholly indefensible, this hack is clearly a bigger clown than even we thought. If anyone out there still thinks the MEN is a half decent newspaper worthy of our support then just re-read this thread and the incredulous comments of Stuart Brennan, one of MEN's finest.

Well done fellow blues.

Don't say "we" and "our" as though you speak for City fans en masse.

You speak for a small number of one-eyed, paranoid forum radicals who don't know the first thing about journalism.

Well said DD.

 

[stonerblue]

This “you know nothing about journalism and how news is reported” stuff is just a nonsense argument and has absolutely no relevance here. I am the reader. It is not my job to understand how the industry works. I do not even wish to understand. As the reader however aren’t I entitled to expect to receive factually correct news presented to me without mistakes? Any article that carries spelling mistakes, particularly of people’s names, (something so easy to check), is just poor and from a newspaper attempting to be taken seriously is just unacceptable. Isn’t it? I don't need to know how journalism works to understand that.

This isn’t however anything to do with a few dodgy typos, taken in isolation, poor as that it. It is the fact that if the MEN can’t get even the basics right, what faith do we have in them getting all the other things right?

They run ridiculous “ten goal bonanza” type headlines and then a United supporting journalist whose had one too many shandies pops up to try and defend his publication's position and who ends up articulating himself so poorly that one poster quite eloquently summarises the reporter's stance with “so it's our fault your paper is shit?”

I don’t speak for anyone other than myself. I certainly don’t speak for anyone on here. Those happy to accept poor, lazy, error-ridden, biased journalism, you go for it, that's your choice.

Whether I understand how journalism works or not is however wholly irrelevant.

Not knowing what you're talking about can have a nasty habit of making people look like fools.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Is the crossword any good?

 

[Bill]

I think we need to separate criticism of the paper from criticism of SB

the muen was a biased piece of shit way before SB got there and will be after he's gone.

assuming it stays in business.

only the sun comes anywhere near it for the worse reputation stakes.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

Stuart, if it is really you, fair play to you for coming on here and taking the flak, so here is a serious question. Do the editors/owners of our own paper not realise the disgust we feel towards a Manchester paper ?
Do they not question the perceived bias towards the Rags ?
Newspapers need people to buy the paper or advertisers will not pay their money and yet The M.(U) E.N. seemed determined to drive us away.
Seriously, if you are the Stuart Brennan, WTF is going on ?

He is Stuart Brennan.

And he's experienced enough to know that all fans of all clubs think that all media outlets are biased against them. And the group-think opinions of forums do not represent the opinions of reasonable people.

In short, he thinks you're all a bunch of paranoid divvies ;-)

Dave!

You must have read the comments pages? It makes us on here look sane. Sadly they've died a death now.(just like the MEN is doing)

You've now got to sign up to FACEBOOK first before you can post a comment. :-?

Comments pages that used to run in their 100's, now run in single numbers.

In defence of the MUEN™, they did have a problem with trolls and these persons were difficult to police. There was one particular clown who I crossed a few times, and I guess a number of others who are reading this did also, and he complained about being repeatedly banned but at the same time he said he was armed with a load of email addresses and he would always win. Just after this, the MUEN™ went Facebook and this idiot vanished. Maybe there's the reason behind it.

 

[Anonymous]

He is Stuart Brennan.

And he's experienced enough to know that all fans of all clubs think that all media outlets are biased against them. And the group-think opinions of forums do not represent the opinions of reasonable people.

In short, he thinks you're all a bunch of paranoid divvies ;-)

Dave!

You must have read the comments pages? It makes us on here look sane. Sadly they've died a death now.(just like the MEN is doing)

You've now got to sign up to FACEBOOK first before you can post a comment. :-?

Comments pages that used to run in their 100's, now run in single numbers.

In defence of the MUEN™, they did have a problem with trolls and these persons were difficult to police. There was one particular clown who I crossed a few times, and I guess a number of others who are reading this did also, and he complained about being repeatedly banned but at the same time he said he was armed with a load of email addresses and he would always win. Just after this, the MUEN™ went Facebook and this idiot vanished. Maybe there's the reason behind it.

Didn't there used to be a rabid rag on their by the name of Dr Mick?

 

[We're not really here]

See tonight's pathetic effort? The article is on Germans who have played for City. The photo to go with it? Bert? Uwe? No it's Boatang fightinting with Mario. Of course there is no agenda at all whatsoever.

 

[oakiecokie]

See tonight's pathetic effort? The article is on Germans who have played for City. The photo to go with it? Bert? Uwe? No it's Boatang fightinting with Mario. Of course there is no agenda at all whatsoever.

Well mine has Joe on both the front and back page of the paper (both positive stories),a two page piece on er... oh its Joe again,a half page piece by Sergio and how City must cure their away trips and the next 2 pages have a lovely coloured photo of David White and a full page write up how he scored 4 against Villa and how an injury stopped him from playing.
How negative MEN !!
MUST DO BETTER FOR "We`re not really here", the poor love.
Hahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.An agenda ?? YCNMIU.But I think you have !!

 

[allan harper]

That's just fucking ridiculous!

 

[We're not really here]

That's just fucking ridiculous!

I'm waiting for an apology oakie. By the way only you actually buy the piece of shit so therefore I would not know what's in it. Try the website like most people do. Then come back and excuse that. By the way stop being a patronising prick.