Arsenal v Spurs: Bias in the sports press

Is your team in crisis or just getting rid of the deadwood? Let a journalist decide! A confused Gooner sums up how different teams are given positive or negative spin in news stories. At this time of year all footie fans are glued to the news streams, seeing who is coming and who is going. Every team has players moving on to pastures new and fresh legs coming through the door to improve the side. But who gets to decide if the transfers are good or bad for the club? Not the ticket-buying fan and certainly not the manager. No, the press constantly dictate and give their spin on how the team are going to fare in the coming season. To give an example – and I would say at this point I am a Gooner – Arsenal have lost Mathieu Flamini and Alex Hleb from their first team, plus Gilberto Silva and Jens Lehmann from the subs bench. This... [read full story]