The Media and their treatment of Raheem Sterling | Agrees new 5 year deal

Redlambs said:
I'd personally say that's a terrible example. Of all the things they could go at him for, they play up to the tag he gives himself to promote.

If there was racism in that, he's done a lot worse than throw fake money around to go at him for.
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Like Sugar Ray Robinson Mayweather tried to make "mainstream America" uncomfortable to sell fights.
 
The whole fecking media circus is imo clearly a demand side problem. What is depressing about it is that I can only imagine very few measures to tackle this problem and they are typically very long-term and for various reasons also hard to achieve. Higher quality education for every single member of society for instance. Thing is that politicians need to be pushed on this one ... by the same fecking group that created the problem in the first place.
 
RedSky said:
It's just the tabloid shite. Hopefully these newspapers will go out of business soon given the younger generations steer away from newspapers and get their news from online sources instead.

England would be much better off without those tabloids.
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It's the amount of people that read and believe them that worries me.. But you can't say anything, because they just get their guard up. And you can't shut them down (you wouldn't want to anyway).

It's a mess.
 
TBF, Primark has gone up in price and isnt the same Primark as the Primani days. Feckers.
 
I have always wondered. Why do footballers not sue these papers? Regardless of wether they win or not, it’ll certainly teach these idiots to stay away from their personal lives.
 
LoneStar said:
I have always wondered. Why do footballers not sue these papers? Regardless of wether they win or not, it’ll certainly teach these idiots to stay away from their personal lives.
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I don't think they can as quite a bit of it is in the public domain already via instagram and twitter
 
I don't want to cause a stir or anything, but I remember when he wanted to leave Liverpool and the uproar it caused, but when Stones done the same thing it was shown in such a different light. Unfortunately our tabloids still have a their own agenda, I was reading articles recently about Grime stars Wiley and Stormzy, you may have seen them. Wiley recently got an MBE and as you expect the Daily Mail put light on all his past negativity, same with Stormzy. Being a young black successful man comes with a trail of underlying hate it seems
 
LoneStar said:
Okay, but something like defamation?
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where is the defamation part? If he did indeed shop there, its factual reporting technically speaking, no?

Caveat: I haven't read the article, I avoid giving them clicks.
 
Sara_1997 said:
The politics thing you mentioned is a very true and important point. When Stormzy rapped about Grenfell during his performance at the Brits I saw a handful of dailymail comments saying that he should leave politics out of an awards show e.g. this comment:

https://mobile.twitter.com/DMReporter/status/967539683902271489/photo/1

It was the same with black panther- as black people, we were highlighting the fact that it is a huge step in the black community to see a superhero movie centred around black people and not about slavery for once then non black people complained about this because it became a thing of ‘politics’. It’s almost as if we were supposed to just ‘shut up and enjoy the movie’. I guess talking about these things makes people uncomfortable.
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Couldn't have said it better.
Though, it's slightly off topic wrt to Raheem - it provides to context to the notion that there is and always has been a 'humbling' of rich black people like you put it earlier.

When rich people are visibly expressive in whatever way - whether it's politics or us splashing the cash for example - it causes people to be uncomfortable, and I guess this comes from jealousy or the idea that if you have money you cannot have problems, or you are so rich that you cannot relate to the problems of the common person, then when you add in a layer of race it then becomes this idea of "you are in this privileged position, why are you doing x y and z, stick to what you know" which has this underlying implication that we should "shut up and dribble" because we possibly cannot provide much of anything outside of being entertainment for sport.

As black people we almost have a culture of splashing the cash, being very bravado about it, and showing off - we've spent hundreds of years being oppressed, who is going to say that black people shouldn't celebrate when they are rich? It's ridiculous.
Nigerian weddings have a routine which guests shower the bride & the groom with money - and this is a historical tradition.

Some people take that and almost get angry by it, as if rich people should just be quiet and stick to themselves, I don't understand it but I think the general perception of people with money from the perspective of people without money has always been skewed.
The media just plays the fiddle with both parties for profit.

noodlehair said:
What is this agenda though? I mean, think reasonably about this...what would be the reason for the tabloids to have an "agenda" against Raheem Sterling? They are posting the same kind of shite articles about him as they do any number of other uninteresting celebrities. Do you actually think a bunch of racist people in an office sit there deliberately writing articles about Raheem Sterling shopping in shops, because they are racist? Why? Where are the other examples of them doing this? Why aren't they racist against Lukaku? Pogba? Welbeck?

Wayne Rooney did have a bunch of stories about him shagging grannies, which as I recall turned out to be made up. There was a story about his dad and family being involved in some gambling/money laundering scheme. With these things you find one Journo will make it up (or rather, trust an incorrect source), and the rest jump on the back of that...again not something that applies only to Raheem Sterling.

This is gutter journalism and no one is denying that's what it is. The kind most of us don't even understand the point of...but you're trying to paint it as something different. Papers write gutter stories when they know there are enough people who are willing to read them. It's not really more complicated than that.

You need to explain to me where racism does exist in pointing out that someone shops in Primark because I really am lost on that. At the very worst, and even this is a bit of an assumption stretch, it's snobbish journos trying to belittle a footballer for being common enough to shop somewhere that they wouldn't.
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I've already posted links in this thread that talk about the issue further than the surface level and present critical ideas behind it.
You can't ignore the context just because you only choose to look at this on an individual, anecdotal basis.
Also just because it happens to white footballers, and it doesn't happen to all black footballers doesn't make this not true either - and it's not limited to just footballers, it happens across all sports and especially with rappers.

Further, I'm not here to convince you otherwise - your mind sounds made up "you're trying to paint it as something different" no i'm not, this is something different, and I and other people of colour can identify exactly what this kind of microaggression is, if you can't then count yourself lucky, it doesn't mean it's not there or i'm choosing to create something that isn't there.

frookydinho said:
I don't want to cause a stir or anything, but I remember when he wanted to leave Liverpool and the uproar it caused, but when Stones done the same thing it was shown in such a different light. Unfortunately our tabloids still have a their own agenda, I was reading articles recently about Grime stars Wiley and Stormzy, you may have seen them. Wiley recently got an MBE and as you expect the Daily Mail put light on all his past negativity, same with Stormzy. Being a young black successful man comes with a trail of underlying hate it seems
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Great point specifically about the Grime stars - any time Stormzy says anything to do with politics the daily mail can't help themselves

I mean look at this article, there's a daily mail article titled "Cant Stormzy show some gratitude?", why because he chose to question where the public funds that were promised to the victims of Grenfell are? Disgraceful.
 
You guys know they're doing it because it winds people up right? Gets them (you) clicking and commenting.
 
Freedom of the press. It's a good thing to have because it lets them write whatever. The choice is in the reader's hands.
 
More from F365 Mediawatch on Sterling today:

Hot on the heels of the Daily Mirror’s crucial story about exactly how much Raheem Sterling (or his girlfriend) spends on his wardrobe comes a story from The Sun’s website on Tuesday: ‘Raheem Sterling’s cars: Man City winger drives flashy motors worth over £1 million during his short career.’

Oh good, we’re doing this again. And we’re doing this to Sterling again. This f**king country.

It’s all complete guff of course, but the piece does contain a few choice lines:

‘The popular SUV has a starting price of £47,755, which won’t dent The Citizens stars’ wallet that much. As a seven-seater, should Sterling should the one-time father want to add to his brood (he has a son called Thiago), this is ideal.’

Two things:

1) ‘One-time father’ makes it sound like something terrible has happened to Sterling’s child.
2) He has two children. Stop getting all your information from his Wikipedia page.

‘Completely unpractical (impractical?) as a city car in Manchester, but class to look at, Sterling’s Mercedes G Class SUV is a pleasure on the eye. And it isn’t cheap either, with a base value of around £150k. We imagine Sterling’s is pimped out, meaning the value of his Merc will far exceed the standard rate.’

Oh wow. ‘We imagine Sterling’s is pimped out’ might just be the most accidentally revealing line in Mediawatch history.

Now Mediawatch is perfectly aware what we think or say makes sod all difference to sod all, but the next time a newspaper or media outlet wonders why an England player is struggling for confidence, refuses to stop in the media zone or is difficult to reach for interview, remember this.

Treat others as you would have them treat you. Or simply stop being dicks for clicks.
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vi1lain said:
Couldn't have said it better.
Though, it's slightly off topic wrt to Raheem - it provides to context to the notion that there is and always has been a 'humbling' of rich black people like you put it earlier.

When rich people are visibly expressive in whatever way - whether it's politics or us splashing the cash for example - it causes people to be uncomfortable, and I guess this comes from jealousy or the idea that if you have money you cannot have problems, or you are so rich that you cannot relate to the problems of the common person, then when you add in a layer of race it then becomes this idea of "you are in this privileged position, why are you doing x y and z, stick to what you know" which has this underlying implication that we should "shut up and dribble" because we possibly cannot provide much of anything outside of being entertainment for sport.

As black people we almost have a culture of splashing the cash, being very bravado about it, and showing off - we've spent hundreds of years being oppressed, who is going to say that black people shouldn't celebrate when they are rich? It's ridiculous.
Nigerian weddings have a routine which guests shower the bride & the groom with money - and this is a historical tradition.

Some people take that and almost get angry by it, as if rich people should just be quiet and stick to themselves, I don't understand it but I think the general perception of people with money from the perspective of people without money has always been skewed.
The media just plays the fiddle with both parties for profit.



I've already posted links in this thread that talk about the issue further than the surface level and present critical ideas behind it.
You can't ignore the context just because you only choose to look at this on an individual, anecdotal basis.
Also just because it happens to white footballers, and it doesn't happen to all black footballers doesn't make this not true either - and it's not limited to just footballers, it happens across all sports and especially with rappers.

Further, I'm not here to convince you otherwise - your mind sounds made up "you're trying to paint it as something different" no i'm not, this is something different, and I and other people of colour can identify exactly what this kind of microaggression is, if you can't then count yourself lucky, it doesn't mean it's not there or i'm choosing to create something that isn't there.



Great point specifically about the Grime stars - any time Stormzy says anything to do with politics the daily mail can't help themselves

I mean look at this article, there's a daily mail article titled "Cant Stormzy show some gratitude?", why because he chose to question where the public funds that were promised to the victims of Grenfell are? Disgraceful.
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Great, great post. I love you (as a poster).
 
The only comment I have is that I feel sorry for Sterling's taste buds. Am I the only person who doesn't think Greggs pasties are any good?
 
Interresting that a media organisation would talk shame of overpriced consumerism when it's usually media organisations who promote spending in overpriced consumerims trough advertisement. Unless ...

Mercedes G Class SUV is a pleasure on the eye. And it isn’t cheap either, with a base value of around £150k.
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Poor Harry Kane is the butt of a twitter joke..... all the journos jump to his defence.

Raheem Sterling with the shit he had thrown his way, how many journos came out in defence of him?
 
I'd love if there was a coordinated barrage of tweets from fans to all the journalists coddling Harry Kane and asking them where is the same for Sterling?

I used to roll my eyes at the "Cos he's black" stuff that surrounded Sterling but when you see the journalists circling the wagons around Kane at the slightest bit of banter, not even harsh criticism, then it's very transparent.
 
I know someone who works at City and has met the players a few times. Apparently Sterling is sound and is one of the few that actually asks him questions and seems interested in what he does.
 
Googled it to see if Sterling has actually been caught cheating.

Raheem Sterling pays prostitute for sex on US tour — and is branded ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/.../manchester-city-ace-raheem-sterling-hooker-sex-us-to...
10 Aug 2017 - RAHEEM Sterling had sex with a £3,000-a-night hooker while on a pre-season US tour with Manchester City. The £49million England winger, ...

Raheem Sterling 'spent months chasing girl before flying her to his ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Raheem-Sterling-spent-months-chasing-18-year-old-girl-flyi...
31 Jul 2016 - England footballer Raheem Sterling told an 18-year-old girl he flew out to his £1million Jamaican home that his relationship with his girlfriend is ...

Raheem Sterling 'is branded cheap by prostitute he bedded' | Daily ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/.../Raheem-Sterling-branded-cheap-prostitute-bedded.html
6 Aug 2017 - Football star Raheem Sterling 'is branded cheap by £3,000-a-night prostitute he bedded on US tour' ... Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling has denied allegations that he slept with a £3,000-a-night prostitute. ... The footballer later contacted the woman to tell her he was too drunk ...

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling 'has hotel date with Playboy model ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../England-footballer-Raheem-Sterling-hotel-date-Playboy-mod...
13 Mar 2016 - England football star Raheem Sterling, who recently moved in with his long term girlfriend, has been spotted enjoying a cosy meeting with a Playboy model.....


I can see why she might be labelled 'long suffering'.
 
Young, rich and black. The words feared by every Daily Mail reader.
 
Would usually agree with you guys but in this case isn't Sterling known as a prolific cheater?
Look at the treatment Rooney gets, in this instance I don't think it's racial bias .
 
Liver_bird said:
Would usually agree with you guys but in this case isn't Sterling known as a prolific cheater?
Look at the treatment Rooney gets, in this instance I don't think it's racial bias .
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We'd need to have Raheem and Harry sleep with a teammate's wife and see the public and FA reaction. Only than can we have a like for like comparison...
 
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