Football Media

[TGR]

It's always interesting to see on this on most other football forums that the loudest, most self opinionated, bully boys are those that 'support' the club via a comfy armchair and an expensive SKY Sports subscription and never actually go to the Etihad (and God forbid any away games at all).

Opinions of anyone on any football forum will differ wildly and be polar opposite on a lot of occasions. That is the nature of the beast. Otherwise you end up with a Bluemoon type of forum where you have to be constantly 'on message' otherwise you risk being banned for no real reason, where threads are constantly pulled and posts re- written and it is a bland homogenised, pasteurised totally beige output

So just put the TV remote control down for a moment and have a think about that.
Now... Where did I put my ticket for today's game at Stoke FFS?

[City64]

"Suck the club off"

Deffo bad mouthing the club and it's fans off on a public forum . Now what sort of "proper" Man City fan would post that ???

[Beefymcfc]

[carl_feedthegoat]

[Original Dub]

One rag cunt never shuts up about "going to the game" which he wears like a badge... handy when you live nearby...

Meanwhile the tiresome Dortmund fan won't shut up about me.

I'll enjoy the game. I love this club more than most things in my life and certainly more than any other club.

Something neither of you fake cunts can say.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

[ruralblue]

[Hutch's Shoulder]

Anyway, back to the media.... While there are some individual reporters who subscribe to the high ideals of journalism being based on the facts and a reasonable and declared interpretation of them, most are just employees of the newspaper or whatever, and they have always been about generating revenue (sales, advertising, clicks etc.) by reinforcing the prejudices of their core subscribers rather than challenging or forming them.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

[phips]

[Pretty Boy Lee]

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Fucking BBC, making us look shite!

[Beefymcfc]

[City64]

[phips]

[Pretty Boy Lee]

[Original Dub]

The cunt is hardly going to change now. His sole purpose on here is to provoke.

[South Stand Balti]

Danny Murphy's reaction in MOTD after our injuries were mentioned - I have no sympathy for City. Their front 4 cost £160m against Stoke. I'm not sure it did cost £160m but on the face of it you may think he has a point. What really bothers me about this though was Murphy constantly saying Bodgers was very unlucky to have Sturridge injured last season. Didn't Bodgers spend £300m in 3 years and win sweet FA? It's strange how his sympathy trigger is set at different points for different clubs. I didn't catch anything else because I tend to nod off when he starts talking

[Mase]

[TGR]

I don't believe there is an 'anti Man City' bias in the media now a days. There definately was straight after the takeover and
Gary Cook was the missile they used to bomb us with. However, since we have had success, built the CFA etc things have very
much mellowed. They will always use the money thing to beat us up with but that is what the media do.

Whilst there is no anti City bias there is very much a pro bias towards teams like Liverpool and the rags. The media look to report
all things good and positive about them and do on any occassion they can. But that does not mean they are anti City.
I can understand fans who think there still is but overall it is the pro bias towards other clubs that gets mentioned and reported
more than any positive things we do.