This is a bit odd, intut

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headline and opening para:

"Manchester City grant Carlos Tevez more time off"
"Manchester City will allow striker Carlos Tevez as much time off as he needs after his baby daughter was born prematurely, BBC Sport understands."

Mancini quote - so the only attributed thing in the article:

I don't know where Tevez is," "I think he is in Argentina.

"It's a big problem for us because we have an important week and we don't have Tevez. For me it is no good. Carlos has been eight days at home and I don't know if, while in Argentina, he has been working (on his fitness).

"I hope Carlos, within the next two days, can come back here because we need him. Maybe he is on the plane. He had some problems with his family but now it has been resolved and I hope he comes back. I need him."

They don't *quite* tally, do they?

So the beeb have been leant on by Man City to change the story, relative to what Mancini said. But off-the-record.

One big problem with our media in this country - papers' and beeb's willingness to reproduce things theyre told off-the-record, unattributed. "The BBC understands...." etc etc.

Dodgy.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Feb 22, 13:11:27