Media Bias: Chelsea stretch the truth as Burnley win
Media Bias: a look at biased football reporting. Today’s match at Stamford Bridge saw reigning champions Chelsea defeated 2-3 by the mighty Burnley.
Gary Cahill’s sending off
Then, on 14 minutes, proceedings swung in Burnley’s favour. Cahill, stretching after a heavy touch, missed the ball and caught Steven Defour high.
The sympathetic back story – “stretching after a heavy touch” causing him to “miss the ball” – becomes on the Burnley FC website:
Cahill over-ran the ball and lunged towards Defour in an effort to win it back
The Lancashire Telegraph calls Cahill’s foul a “studs-up tackle”.
The BBC’s Martin Keown says of the foul:
“I think it was a red card, without a doubt. He has gone over the top of the ball. He has almost broke his leg… I can see why the referee has sent him off. It is dangerous… he is out of control.”
The BBC’s Pat Nevin (formerly Chelsea):
There was no doubt in my mind that as soon as I saw it that challenge deserved some colour of card. My gut? A strong yellow.
And Cesc Fabregas’s red card?
Chelsea FC:
…the Blues were reduced to nine men, Fabregas the man shown a second yellow for a challenge on Cork. The midfielder was incandescent at the decision.
A challenge? Not exactly, says Burnley FC:
Fabregas collecting a second yellow card for a foul on Cork eight minutes from the end
The Mail reveals how Fabregas earned his first yellow, something not mentioned on the Chelsea FC website:
Fabregas is booked for sarcastically applauding the match official after awarding Burnley a free-kick.
Should a Burnley player have been sent off?
Chelsea FC:
Mee went crunching through the back of Morata and was only booked, much to the disgust of the home faithful and the Chelsea players.
Burnley FC have not a word on that. Mee’s yellow card is not mentioned at all. How does the BBC see it?
More screams from Chelsea fans and players as Ben Mee slides in late on Morata. It was clumsy but not as dangerous as Cahill’s earlier, hence the yellow card.
Such are the facts.
Posted: 12th, August 2017 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
