Len Rum
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Globally our rival's fans - dippers,gooners, rags ,chavs - will be their biggest market.squirtyflower said:Your argument is based on sophistrySilverFox2 said:The Colonel said:No there's only one agenda in the media and that's to sell papers and advertising. It's not that they're necessarily fans of the clubs it's that they know the headlines that sell and get viewers and clicks. It's more of a bias and a very obvious one.
I remember watching a match of the day recently and they quite fairly showed the rags being poor against a 10 man Villa. The comments reflected the match but then they showed the back pages of tabloids and they're covered with close ups of a roaring Falcao with headlines such as Falcao leads fightback. It's complete tosh but the money is in please the larger crowds. I don't think there's a conspiracy it's just simple economics.
My opinion as well.
For some reason we think that newspapers and media generally should just tell the news as it is with absolutely no spin on it.
Newspaper owners are only interested in profits and their editors / reporters had better be aware of that so alienating its largest customer base with unbiased reporting may not be the wisest career move for an aspiring reporter.
Unfortunately there are more of them (non City supporters) than us at the moment so things are unlikely to change in the near future.
Of course there is an agenda (to maximise profits) and a bias (to pander to most of your customers), this applies to every sector of industry and is not unique to the media.
There are more non city supporting readers, of that there is no doubt
But a lot of neutrals support English teams when they play in the CL as they are 'English', of which one will be City. So why would the papers run with the tag line that Silva didn't celebrate Nasri's goal in Rome, when the only people who would be pleased to read it would be bitter sad c**ts, which isn't there largest market?
Whilst it was a pathetic and incorrect jibe it certainly makes me feel there is something more pernicious than pandering to the rag masses.
As for other fans , at best they will be neutral to the reporting of the Silva / Nasri incident and at worst pleased to read it.
The commercial agenda is alive and well!