johnmc
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I think they are highlighting the bitterness of a little rag - "Payback for the 6.1"
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The M.U.E.N
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Exeter Blue I am here
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Pigeonho said:Your quote says 'Manchester United stay top of UK rich list'. Why would they include Barca and Madrid in that then? If it's a Euro rich list, or just a rich list in general then fair enough but even then I wouldn't expect them to big up Barca and Madrid in favour of a club which comes from the city they print papers for. You said it was the UK rich list though, and if that is a direct quote from them, why would they say they have fallen behind Barca and Madrid.Exeter Blue I am here said:oakiecokie said:And your point being ?? They report something which is current,correct and you lose sleep over it ??
It's the negativity that's the issue though isn't it? The MUEN could just as easily have said 'Utd fall further behind Barca and Madrid in rich list', but they didn't. Instead they chose to create the misleading impression that City were on the slide, whereas in reality City's one place drop was due to Spuds having Chimps League football in 2010-2011, something that will be well and truly reversed in next year's figures.
Also the story about the rag businessman isn't worth the paper it's written on. Three words - 'Compulsory', 'Purchase' 'Order'.
I didn't say it was the UK rich list......for the very reason that it wasn't! It was the Deloitte Touche European one. The MUEN chose to extract the UK clubs info from it and present the story from the trumpeting point of view that the rags are the biggest and bestest and liddle old Ciddy have slipped down the pecking order, something that whilst it may well be factually correct as a bald statement, is also unrepresentative in the broader context
Pigeonho
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Even if that's the case then, does it really matter? Is it going to affect anything other than making City fans think twice about buying the paper?Exeter Blue I am here said:Pigeonho said:Your quote says 'Manchester United stay top of UK rich list'. Why would they include Barca and Madrid in that then? If it's a Euro rich list, or just a rich list in general then fair enough but even then I wouldn't expect them to big up Barca and Madrid in favour of a club which comes from the city they print papers for. You said it was the UK rich list though, and if that is a direct quote from them, why would they say they have fallen behind Barca and Madrid.Exeter Blue I am here said:It's the negativity that's the issue though isn't it? The MUEN could just as easily have said 'Utd fall further behind Barca and Madrid in rich list', but they didn't. Instead they chose to create the misleading impression that City were on the slide, whereas in reality City's one place drop was due to Spuds having Chimps League football in 2010-2011, something that will be well and truly reversed in next year's figures.
Also the story about the rag businessman isn't worth the paper it's written on. Three words - 'Compulsory', 'Purchase' 'Order'.
I didn't say it was the UK rich list......for the very reason that it wasn't! It was the Deloitte Touche European one. The MUEN chose to extract the UK clubs info from it and present the story from the trumpeting point of view that the rags are the biggest and bestest and liddle old Ciddy have slipped down the pecking order, something that whilst it may well be factually correct as a bald statement, is also unrepresentative in the broader context
In reality it won't affect one solitary thing.
Prestwich_Blue
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I have notified them that they could be guilty of promoting an unauthorised collective investment scheme contrary to S21 of the FSMA and that I have reported them to the FSA.
daveduke67
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The rags think it's biased towards us.
If you don't like it don't buy it.
If you don't like it don't buy it.
Bluesince1979
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More to the point, how bitter is this red bastard who is selling his land off by the square foot!!??? He uses 'investment oppurtunity' as a cover for being 'bitter that city are slowly but surely creating something special and I cant stand it'. What a petty, small time/minded, scared individual this chap is, as are most reds I know. Theyd love to see us rotting away at Platt Lane rather than build a complex that will be the envy of the world.
And they call us bitter ...
And they call us bitter ...
Bill
Moderator
knuckles said:it's always been a rag paper, never read it anymore
circlation and clicks are what its all about, impatiality has nothing to do with it as far as the printed press are concerned.
Pigeonho
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Course they do. I don't know what it is with the football fan that they take offense to anything slightly negative printed or spoke of about their club. All fans of all clubs think the world is against them, or those who are that way inclined to be upset about what people say that should be. Liverpool fans believe not just the world are against them, but the entire universe, yet people on here say they get favoured. Fans of other clubs will think we are favoured because we have this money and will be everyone's new darling, yet some on here see it the opposite.daveduke67 said:The rags think it's biased towards us.
If you don't like it don't buy it.
Like I say, I don't know what it is with the football fan.
Skashion
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I'm currently reading Gary James' Manchester: A Football History (wish it had an index) and something I read in there did indicate that it's always been a rag paper even in the late 19th century and early 20th century. So be it. Not worth getting upset about.