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I should think pig fans buy more editions of the star than us lot. This is obviously because they are more used to sitting through shite whilst paying far too much for the pleasure. The Star management realise this and thus pander to the pig fans gullibility and delusions of grandeur by inserting spoiler pieces in editions of the star that might be seen as praising the Blades. These spoiler pieces help to remind the pig fans that they are the real customers that matter and the star journalists are only reporting our pitiful achievments to foster the illusion of a neutral stance.
Perfectly understandable self preservation.
 
Same news group, but the Yorkshire Post is a far better read and gives a better balance on all the Yorkshire and local teams, Plenty of positive stuff about United and good coverage.

I wonder how scum at The Stsr could possible defend its latest 'gaff'. It has sob obviously got Pork in the main editorial team it's laughable. Time after time that rag shows it's true colours and I really can't understand why any Blade should want to buy it, Let's starve it to oblivion!
 
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There you go, the first star after our promotion clincher at Northampton and this is the centre spread, the pigs celebrating at the end of the game, pigs celebrating after a goal, Waddle in full mullet flow, peanut 'ead still trying to work out what you're supposed to do with that round white thing and as a sap to neutrality there's two photos of Blades and pigs fans pre-match.

It shouldn't have been published on this particular Monday and nearly all Blades fans know why it was.
 
Like many I have witnessed a number of relegations since I started watching our team in 1970.
At no time did the supposed "Sheffield" Star initiate,run and vociferously champion a "Save OUR Blades" campaign.
The dye was well and truly cast when The Save Our Owls (Pig cunts) campaign was run.
No matter who,or how often they post on here in defense of the inherent bias in the rag will ever convince me different.There's no smoke without fire and anyone with more than a solitary brain cell should have alarm bells ringing given the volume and anger on here and amongst pretty much all Blades I know away from this fora.
As I said much,much earlier. Fuck the Sheffield Star and all connected to it.
 
Hackblade said:
Go on guys, just for this week enjoy the positive vibes and drop the self-pitying whines about 'the local newspaper hates us'. We've just got prompted! UTB.
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If it had been printed last week, which was closer to the date of the semi final then the accusation would have had far less substance. Instead it was decided for the following week when even the thickest local journo would have known that there was a very good chance it would have co-insided with confirmation of our promotion. Can you not see the relevance? We can't know for sure but please don't insult our intelligence that there is every possibility it was done on purpose despite once again you trying to laugh it off. All in our heads everytime eh? You leave yourselves wide open to speculation at best
 
seanbeenstattoo said:
Well fuck me that was clearly so hugely publicised every day for weeks on the front page like the Save the Pigs campaign I clearly couldn't have missed it.
Yet I did.
Fuck the rag.
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I don't remember all the details, but I'm pretty sure once the fans-organised campaign launched it no longer became necessary, though obviously each development was heavily covered that summer (as you would expect given there would have been precious little competition for it). The point still stands though that The Star did indeed almost immediately do something to try and positively reverse the decision.
 
LoughboroBlade said:
I don't remember all the details, but I'm pretty sure once the fans-organised campaign launched it no longer became necessary, though obviously each development was heavily covered that summer (as you would expect given there would have been precious little competition for it). The point still stands though that The Star did indeed almost immediately do something to try and positively reverse the decision.
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I genuinely respect your viewpoint but on this one I refer you to my well documented opinion.
Fuck the Stir.
 
WhiteHawk said:
I've just got 2 things to say here.

1) Thank you to Danny04 for your contribution to this thread.
2) If you think The Star are biased towards Wednesday then don't buy it. Simple really.
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3) Clearly the overwhelming majority don't. For very deep seated genuinely held opinions.
 



Over the last 20 years the sports editor has generally been a Man Utd fan and the Wednesday reporter has generally been a Wednesday fan.

The United reporter has not been a Blade.

So pro Wednesday stories have been far more prominent and frequent than pro United ones. From what I know I would not say it was necessarily intentional policy. There was and I suspect still is, no real feel for United or genuine understanding of the fans amongst some of the key players at The Star and it is reflected in the type and style of stories written.

If anyone could be arsed to count the number of mentions and prominence Wednesday fans have got for taking x number of fans to an away game or for how well tickets are selling for a home game or how amazing their fans are at matches over the last 20 years then it would be pretty clear. As would the disgrace of 'our' local paper not referring to us as United when playing Man U.

It all becomes self-perpetuating. Fewer United fans buy the paper - me included - The Star sees Wednesday fans as bigger buyers of the paper and intentionally or not, it leans more towards its perceived readership and alienates more Blades.

And it doesn't help that it's United coverage is just unimaginative, repetitive and predictable.

Fair play to the lad that has come out to defend the paper but the damage started when he was in nappies.
 
Tuns25 said:
Over the last 20 years the sports editor has generally been a Man Utd fan and the Wednesday reporter has generally been a Wednesday fan.

The United reporter has not been a Blade.

So pro Wednesday stories have been far more prominent and frequent than pro United ones. From what I know I would not say it was necessarily intentional policy. There was and I suspect still is, no real feel for United or genuine understanding of the fans amongst some of the key players at The Star and it is reflected in the type and style of stories written.

If anyone could be arsed to count the number of mentions and prominence Wednesday fans have got for taking x number of fans to an away game or for how well tickets are selling for a home game or how amazing their fans are at matches over the last 20 years then it would be pretty clear. As would the disgrace of 'our' local paper not referring to us as United when playing Man U.

It all becomes self-perpetuating. Fewer United fans buy the paper - me included - The Star sees Wednesday fans as bigger buyers of the paper and intentionally or not, it leans more towards its perceived readership and alienates more Blades.

And it doesn't help that it's United coverage is just unimaginative, repetitive and predictable.

Fair play to the lad that has come out to defend the paper but the damage started when he was in nappies.
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Excellent post Sir,I would venture the damage was done before he was born with the Save our Fowls campaign ,United fans of my era,will never forgive the Star for that
 
Apologies for coming to this late, but I have been out of action for a few days. Since retirement, I have read the Star fairly regularly, and used quotes from it to start threads on here. Since I started posting on here last autumn, one of the few things I have not understood is the animosity against the paper. I can see why many would find it irrelevant nowadays, but having Followed the coverage closely since early October, I can't say that I have seen evidence of bias this season. The prominence given to the 2 Sheffield clubs is almost always equal in space, and each have their regular feature writers, fans writers, etc. If anything, coverage of United has been more favourable, with (well-deserved) admiration for Wilder, as opposed to debate over Carvalhal's methods this year. If the Retro timing was poor, this week had a 2 page spread on United winning the under-23 derby, with positive analysis of United's youngsters, and today has a well-argued letter denouncing Wednesday's pricing structure for away fans.
But what surprises me more is how so many Blades react to perceived insults. I have been going to the Lane since 1953, and in that time we have won one trophy (the next one is at last on its way). No-one can accuse us of being glory hunters. On other threads recently, loads of you have given great explanations of why you are Blades, and nobody has said that it is because of all the trophies. The lot from S6 have also won very little, so don't add to their delusions by appearing envious of their 'great achievements'. They once had a ground which hosted semi-finals and World Cup matches; they've made it to a couple of Cup Finals, but nothing came of it, and they managed one trophy in the other cup. Rise above it. After all, we bring up the topic of Boxing Day much more often than the Star does.
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
Apologies for coming to this late, but I have been out of action for a few days. Since retirement, I have read the Star fairly regularly, and used quotes from it to start threads on here. Since I started posting on here last autumn, one of the few things I have not understood is the animosity against the paper. I can see why many would find it irrelevant nowadays, but having Followed the coverage closely since early October, I can't say that I have seen evidence of bias this season. The prominence given to the 2 Sheffield clubs is almost always equal in space, and each have their regular feature writers, fans writers, etc. If anything, coverage of United has been more favourable, with (well-deserved) admiration for Wilder, as opposed to debate over Carvalhal's methods this year. If the Retro timing was poor, this week had a 2 page spread on United winning the under-23 derby, with positive analysis of United's youngsters, and today has a well-argued letter denouncing Wednesday's pricing structure for away fans.
But what surprises me more is how so many Blades react to perceived insults. I have been going to the Lane since 1953, and in that time we have won one trophy (the next one is at last on its way). No-one can accuse us of being glory hunters. On other threads recently, loads of you have given great explanations of why you are Blades, and nobody has said that it is because of all the trophies. The lot from S6 have also won very little, so don't add to their delusions by appearing envious of their 'great achievements'. They once had a ground which hosted semi-finals and World Cup matches; they've made it to a couple of Cup Finals, but nothing came of it, and they managed one trophy in the other cup. Rise above it. After all, we bring up the topic of Boxing Day much more often than the Star does.
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I have to agree ,i can't see any bias in the star and its almost like admitting the pigs are a bigger club than us to keep seeing it when it isnt there
 
It's 20 years to the very day since Chesterfield played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup semi-final, drew 3-3 and would probably have won but for an infamous refereeing decision. There is no mention of this on The Star's website, in spite of Chesterfield supposedly being one of its local clubs, presumably because there is no Pig angle, and even though it was probably the most famous match in the Spireites' entire history.

No doubt if Kevin Davies had gone on to play for Wednesday The Star would have had an "Ex Owl Star looks back on famous Cup clash" feature, just as they contrived a local angle to Ross Barkley being punched in a shop by referring to him as an Former Owl Star earlier this week.

It's also 20 years this Spring since Barnsley won their first and only promotion to the Premier League. Don't hold your breath waiting for the souvenir special, Tykes.
 
TBW57 said:
It's 20 years to the very day since Chesterfield played Middlesbrough in the FA Cup semi-final, drew 3-3 and would probably have won but for an infamous refereeing decision. There is no mention of this on The Star's website, in spite of Chesterfield supposedly being one of its local clubs, presumably because there is no Pig angle, and even though it was probably the most famous match in the Spireites' entire history.

No doubt if Kevin Davies had gone on to play for Wednesday The Star would have had an "Ex Owl Star looks back on famous Cup clash" feature, just as they contrived a local angle to Ross Barkley being punched in a shop by referring to him as an Former Owl Star earlier this week.

It's also 20 years this Spring since Barnsley won their first and only promotion to the Premier League. Don't hold your breath waiting for the souvenir special, Tykes.
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I have only looked at the comparative treatment of the 2 Sheffield clubs; I will leave other comparisons to fans of those clubs. Chesterfield and Barnsley get much less coverage than either of the Sheffield clubs, which I guess is sufficient to explain the absence of coverage of the events you refer to. The Star often refers to incidents involving former players. In recent months I recall the negative case of Jim Magilton, a drug case involving a former United player (can't remember who), and a very interesting item on a former United academy player who went on a soccer scholarship to an American university, and now has a professional contract in the States (can't remember his name either). Those of you over 60 will understand! If it had been players from 1960, no problem with their names.:mad:
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
Apologies for coming to this late, but I have been out of action for a few days. Since retirement, I have read the Star fairly regularly, and used quotes from it to start threads on here. Since I started posting on here last autumn, one of the few things I have not understood is the animosity against the paper. I can see why many would find it irrelevant nowadays, but having Followed the coverage closely since early October, I can't say that I have seen evidence of bias this season. The prominence given to the 2 Sheffield clubs is almost always equal in space, and each have their regular feature writers, fans writers, etc. If anything, coverage of United has been more favourable, with (well-deserved) admiration for Wilder, as opposed to debate over Carvalhal's methods this year. If the Retro timing was poor, this week had a 2 page spread on United winning the under-23 derby, with positive analysis of United's youngsters, and today has a well-argued letter denouncing Wednesday's pricing structure for away fans.
But what surprises me more is how so many Blades react to perceived insults. I have been going to the Lane since 1953, and in that time we have won one trophy (the next one is at last on its way). No-one can accuse us of being glory hunters. On other threads recently, loads of you have given great explanations of why you are Blades, and nobody has said that it is because of all the trophies. The lot from S6 have also won very little, so don't add to their delusions by appearing envious of their 'great achievements'. They once had a ground which hosted semi-finals and World Cup matches; they've made it to a couple of Cup Finals, but nothing came of it, and they managed one trophy in the other cup. Rise above it. After all, we bring up the topic of Boxing Day much more often than the Star does.
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I would have to take you up on a few points. The reporter who analysed the U23 Derby made it sound much more even than it was. It was essentially a Blades battering in anything but score: big name Wednesday academy prospects and highly paid reserves getting embarrassed by the Blades babes. The "boxing day massacre" was a media contrivance (or quickly became one) which is essentially why it has retained its resonance in local popular culture. It wasn't Blades or Owls that informed me of this event - it was the local media. I have never been informed of United's 7-3 victory (also missing a penalty) a few years before with anything like the same frequency or gusto. I have never been told, ad nauseam, that we hold the derby record; have done the most doubles; and went unbeaten at the Lane for many years. I had to research derby history to find these things out for myself. These things are self evident to me as someone who grew up after the events. I do believe the Star has begin softening after the Ched Evans coverage which was, in itself, a disgrace.
 
I haven't lived in Sheffield for many years now, but I wouldn't buy the Star to light a bonfire. In fact I dont buy any "newspapers" why would anyone buy a paper on a daily basis? Times have changed, I used to get a paper every day, but now we all have instant news straight to our mobile devices. Also I do not go on the Star website.
 
nopigfansintown said:
I would have to take you up on a few points. The reporter who analysed the U23 Derby made it sound much more even than it was. It was essentially a Blades battering in anything but score: big name Wednesday academy prospects and highly paid reserves getting embarrassed by the Blades babes. The "boxing day massacre" was a media contrivance (or quickly became one) which is essentially why it has retained its resonance in local popular culture. It wasn't Blades or Owls that informed me of this event - it was the local media. I have never been informed of United's 7-3 victory (also missing a penalty) a few years before with anything like the same frequency or gusto. I have never been told, ad nauseam, that we hold the derby record; have done the most doubles; and went unbeaten at the Lane for many years. I had to research derby history to find these things out for myself. These things are self evident to me as someone who grew up after the events. I do believe the Star has begin softening after the Ched Evans coverage which was, in itself, a disgrace.
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I stand corrected on the U23 derby.
The item linked to post 81 does have the details of the Derby tallies. The sport Retro does have a clear problem, in that the general Retro interests people wanting to learn about a broad span of time, but the sports Retro probably attracts people who want reminders of what they witnessed - there is much less interest in the period before we started watching football. I started at the Lane in Sept 1953, but the 7-3 win is ancient history to me - I don't connect with it directly. Boxing Day and 1993 can still be repeatedly recycled.
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
I stand corrected on the U23 derby.
The item linked to post 81 does have the details of the Derby tallies. The sport Retro does have a clear problem, in that the general Retro interests people wanting to learn about a broad span of time, but the sports Retro probably attracts people who want reminders of what they witnessed - there is much less interest in the period before we started watching football. I started at the Lane in Sept 1953, but the 7-3 win is ancient history to me - I don't connect with it directly. Boxing Day and 1993 can still be repeatedly recycled.
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I am 42 and I don't remember 1979. Scrap that too. I don't think many people have an issue with 1993 being brought up, if it was actually on the anniversary. To print it on the MOnday after we get promotion is bad form, they could have delayed it another couple of days.
 
Even leaving aside the inherent pig favouritism the star is a shit rag full of crap written by fuckwits. It has gone inexorably downhill over a period of time and its ultimate demise would be no loss whatsoever,unlike The Green 'Un,which served a purpose and has /had resonance with all sport lovers in the city.
 
HodgysBrokenThumb said:
I stand corrected on the U23 derby.
The item linked to post 81 does have the details of the Derby tallies. The sport Retro does have a clear problem, in that the general Retro interests people wanting to learn about a broad span of time, but the sports Retro probably attracts people who want reminders of what they witnessed - there is much less interest in the period before we started watching football. I started at the Lane in Sept 1953, but the 7-3 win is ancient history to me - I don't connect with it directly. Boxing Day and 1993 can still be repeatedly recycled.
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To be fair to the Star, they did include the 7-3 in a retro article last year. I photocopied it and pinned a few on workmates lockers: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/on-th...7-3-in-spectacular-steel-city-derby-1-8110127 A problem we have, is we don't have a Derby victory as notorious in recent times to compare with BD and the Semi final . Maybe the double in the 1990s which has been sadly neglected. The Star could revisit the 7- 3 as the recently deceased Fred Furniss played and missed a penalty in the game. Headline: the biggest derby beating.
 
Neuschwanstein said:
I haven't lived in Sheffield for many years now, but I wouldn't buy the Star to light a bonfire. In fact I dont buy any "newspapers" why would anyone buy a paper on a daily basis? Times have changed, I used to get a paper every day, but now we all have instant news straight to our mobile devices. Also I do not go on the Star website.
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Trouble is the youth today have problems differentiating between checked out journalism and bullshit on facebook...hence fake news
 
northsomersetblade said:
Trouble is the youth today have problems differentiating between checked out journalism and bullshit on facebook...hence fake news
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There's a lot of lies in mainstream media too. There's is also an obvious business/political interest in maintaining their position as the font of all news. "Fake news" could be used as a cover for censorship or protecting market share.
 



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