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That's like saying it's the fault of automobiles people are fat now.Twitter and Facebook bring more problems to society than they help solve.
That's like saying it's the fault of automobiles people are fat now.Twitter and Facebook bring more problems to society than they help solve.
thisLive by the sword, die by the sword
Chat shit get banged
Majority of them made up bullshit news they're bound to get called upon at one point
(I don't condone racist/violent threats etc, but being called a fraud is fair game)
It's actually quite unbelievable isn't it?Ok you're either incredibly dim or on a WUM. Either way I'm out.
This is the sort of take that everyone should apply to all journalists, people don't know shite about the journalists or their jobs so should refrain from calling them frauds, because quite frankly they don't know shit!It's actually quite unbelievable isn't it?
Andy even called Traore as a United target back in July and Pellistri too.
He was correct about the Serbian player. All summer he also said Sancho was number one target for united but also that he'd only come if Dortmund lowered the price, again this was correct.
I've known Andy remotely via the Internet for several years and he isn't my mate or anything close to that, but I would 100% vouch for his credibility having seen him be correct time and time again.
He sees transfer stuff as a necessary evil for his job. He much prefers writing quality articles with good research and by speaking to people close to the stories. The guy is as big a United fan as anyone.
Does my head in to see people who have no idea about him talk shit.
Journalism is an intricate and complicated matter.If journalists just told the truth there would be no calling out. In football ufd were linked and supposedly buying 42 players in mourinhos first season here. My grandson kept a record of all the different players linked in the media he could find. Mou signed 4 so that means even if they had had links and option a b c d for the 4 players that would still have left 26 bogus players at least. That's why journalists are called out as making stuff up
Is poor Gary Cotteril still getting bullied over in Germany?
Disgusting takes, the pair of them.Aah, what a shame for the precious little mites. It must be the easiest job in the world, get up in the morning, do nothing, go to lunch, make something up about Manchester United over coffee and a doughnut. Go home and do the same again tomorrow.
They're lucky to not be dealing with Joe kinnear.
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This is the sort of take that everyone should apply to all journalists, people don't know shite about the journalists or their jobs so should refrain from calling them frauds, because quite frankly they don't know shit!
Journalism is an intricate and complicated matter.
What if your source told you a little white lie to get you off their case. As far as you're aware what you are being told is the truth, why would you question it?
Story comes out, turns out wasn't as good as you thought. Boom credibility takes a slight hit.
Man Utd have a long list of targets, I wouldn't be suprised if each year it hits the 50's and 60's list of players, so 42 players may well be the case. Or a selling club puts out in the papers that United are after them and boom, it gathers pace.
It's not as simple as it seems
Now, for the below.......
Disgusting takes, the pair of them.
One, how can you belittle a job like that and two how can you dimish something as bad as personal abuse as "poor" and making it not seem as bad as it is.
Disgusting takes. Needs to be stamped out the game.
These are REAL people behind the stories, with families and lives of their own.
It's just fecking football at the end of the day.
So, it's ok to sit and make up lies for profit but not ok to call them out? Ridiculous.
What about the people they lie about, are they not real people?
They're not all bad, but I'd wager 98% of them are absolute gutter.
Cry me a River.
Lot of holier than thou wetwipes around today.I shouldn't respond to this as I suspect you are just trolling, but that's quite a poor argument in your post there. Are there some journalists who make up transfer stories for hits? I'm sure there are. Does every football journalist do this? Absolutely not. Making sweeping judgments of an entire group of people who have the same job is not a healthy thing to do in life. Anyway, I shall await your highly empathic and well-thought out post in response.
So a troll then as I suspected.Lot of holier than thou wetwipes around today.
Cry me a River pal.
This. If you're willing to get into an industry where you're constantly in the public eye, trying to get people to read your stuff (thus naturally making them controversial at times) expect a lot of shit to be thrown your way.The internet is toxic, what's new here?
Not sure how those points are connected as the tier system as I know it is based on the amount of information that lately get official confirmation that you get, not on the positive/negative news. I’d say that this is quite a fair system.What also upsets me is this whole "Tier" based system for journalists. What?!
Imagine how it must feel, if you'd work for years upon years working at lower level newspaper organisations (Such as local and community based newspaper orgs) and gradually cutting your teeth and working your way up for 10-15 years until you finally get the job that you want. For some snotty nosed entitled teenager or manchild telling you that your work is shite because it's not exactly the most positive news.
It was a lame attempt at a joke and not meant as an insult to Cotteril who was just caught up in the media circus surrounding the biggest saga of the window. It's not like he was mistreated by Dortmund or anything as far as I know. Lighten up and sit back on the United Sofa ffs.Disgusting takes, the pair of them.
One, how can you belittle a job like that and two how can you dimish something as bad as personal abuse as "poor" and making it not seem as bad as it is.
Disgusting takes. Needs to be stamped out the game.
These are REAL people behind the stories, with families and lives of their own.
It's just fecking football at the end of the day.
at least most journalists don't come out with a cliche like this one!I wouldn't be in favour of abusing them online, but the nature of the business for most of them, is throw enough shit at the wall and hope some sticks.
yeah your right, I take back my comment and will say 2 our fathers as penance, and maybe a hail mary also if time permits for my sins.at least most journalists don't come out with a cliche like this one!
I couldn’t have put it any better myself, completely agree with all of this.Live by the sword, die by the sword
Chat shit get banged
Majority of them made up bullshit news they're bound to get called upon at one point
(I don't condone racist/violent threats etc, but being called a fraud is fair game)
why shouldn't you?Why should I have any sympathy for Journos?
But they are made up. The majority of them anyway. Certainly the vast majority of stories from tabloid football journos or twitter ITKs. The broadsheet ones like Ogden and Jackson obviously don't make stuff up, they just parrot what has been said by people elsewhere or act as the club's mouthpiece when they print whatever Ed tells them to.People, including a lot in here and in this thread, lack the brain capacity to realise that when these writers write a transfer story and it doesn’t come off it doesn’t mean it’s “made up.” That is such a childish view but it seems it’s how most operate. Transfers are made up of lots of moving parts and all sorts of motivation are at play and something can be true at the time of writing then not true by the time it’s published. All information will be sourced and carefully weighed up before the story is written.
I haven't been around the Caf for a while, so here's my background in journalism; for 5-6 years I was a photo journalist, investigative journalist, radio segment producer for a radio station, and social media manager/content provider for a political radio station in Washington DC. I've had my life threatened by dangerous groups and individuals, tires flattened, and eventually had the leave the field of journalism and go into hiding for several years. I knew the risks I had been taking by challenging corrupt politicians, institutions, and corporations. Nowadays I'm somewhat retired living in the mountains far away from most of the population and quite happy.Haha if you think football fans are bad bet you would love politics.