SC_Red Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I know not many of us buy it anyway but after that rag gave George Ferguson a platform to spout his shit instead of supporting the club and it's attempt to get world cup football in Bristol I hope no City fans will ever buy this bog roll again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenman15 Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I know not many of us buy it anyway but after that rag gave George Ferguson a platform to spout his shit instead of supporting the club and it's attempt to get world cup football in Bristol I hope no City fans will ever buy this bog roll again. agreed, i live in Swindon at the mo so i dont get that shit near me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Red Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I never buy it anyway, I always look on t'internet and to be fair they have supported us a fair bit. I hope Ferguson is given his marching orders from the rag regardless. they supported the world cup bid but I dont remember them supporting much else to actually give the city facilities to play the games in. Might be wrong tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windmillhillred Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I know not many of us buy it anyway but after that rag gave George Ferguson a platform to spout his shit instead of supporting the club and it's attempt to get world cup football in Bristol I hope no City fans will ever buy this bog roll again. I think it might be quite interesting tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Ciderhead Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 A little harsh. The evening post did a front cover article yesterday, completely in support of the Sainsburys application... Just as it did with the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Nolan Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 The evening post has supported the stadium developement and the sainsburys application, which if you read it, you would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 The Evening Post really cannot do any more than it is to support the stadium. They have been so vociferously behind the stadium and the Sainsbury's application that I am sure that they must have lost many readers in Southville. Although they gave a voice to Ferguson it would have been a screaming outrage if they had withdrawn his column simply because they did not agree with his self-interested views. I know that in the past the EP has made poor and biased journalistic comments against us but over the past couple of years my view has changed entirely. For the first time in a long time I'm proud to admit that I still get it delivered and I'd like to thank the paper for its outstanding support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Red Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 The Evening Post really cannot do any more than it is to support the stadium. They have been so vociferously behind the stadium and the Sainsbury's application that I am sure that they must have lost many readers in Southville. Although they gave a voice to Ferguson it would have been a screaming outrage if they had withdrawn his column simply because they did not agree with his self-interested views. I know that in the past the EP has made poor and biased journalistic comments against us but over the past couple of years my view has changed entirely. For the first time in a long time I'm proud to admit that I still get it delivered and I'd like to thank the paper for its outstanding support. Explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Explain. Because a newspaper should reflect the views of its diverse readership even if readers don't always agree with the views stated. Otherwise it simply becomes propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Red Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Because a newspaper should reflect the views of its diverse readership even if readers don't always agree with the views stated. Otherwise it simply becomes propaganda. you said his views are self interested so are therefore biased. Thats propaganda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 you said his views are self interested so are therefore biased. Thats propaganda. I don't think it really matters what the motives are, I think it's right that the paper did not censor a dissenting voice when their own editorial voice is as strongly pro-stadium as you could possibly get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Red Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I don't think it really matters what the motives are, I think it's right that the paper did not censor a dissenting voice when their own editorial voice is as strongly pro-stadium as you could possibly get. I do. Its abusing his position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Any city fan who buys the evil post definitely needs to stop, gas biased apologist shit rag that it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrdc Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 agreed, i live in Swindon at the mo so i dont get that shit near me. I am in Swindon most of the time at the mo. Nice to know there is at least one other city fan in this horrible town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 you said his views are self interested so are therefore biased. Thats propaganda. It might be propaganda but isn't that what having an opinion and a column in a paper all about? its all self promotive cr*p and at the end of the day I think the Evil post have got the balance right for once. That's not to say I don't like it but if they had removed his column surly this would have screamed unfair bias towards the stadium and taken away there ethical right to comment on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dazzler Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 With the EPs track record of "campaigns", I almost saw this coming Any cause they take up seriously is doomed to failure (let's hope this eventually proves the exception). I am thinking "save Cadbury's at Keynsham", The Bristol Arena, the light transit system (tram/metro), Girlband on X-Factor, keeping "Casualty" in Bristol, not to mention Emily from Downend - that's the girl who, a week after they pledge their support as the first Bristolian on Big Brother, was booted out for racial abuse! And the woman who complained about South Glos Council not doing enough in terms of disabled adaptations to her house and drive as she was wheelchair bound, only to be photographed by her neighbours walking her dog and breakdancing! Not to mention the woman who complained that a driver threw her off the bus for breast-feeding - one day they were going to demand an apology from First and have the driver sacked, the next day they sheepishly ran a story saying she made it all up!! So that's just a few unlucky losers that the EP have got behind (and a pretty good cross section of life I would say) Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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