It has become a genre in its own right. Doubtless its practitioners regard it as an art and take immense pride in their work. It may well be that, in the realm of the mainstream media, a CV is greatly…
The ‘Ruth Winner’ media narrative was pre-determined
The media narrative is unshakeable. Ruth Davidson won the general election in Scotland. It’s a Tory revival north of the border. The SNP’s Indyref2 plans are dead in the water. Punt that line and your main stream media career is…
Ruth and Lies
On May 21st I tuned into the Sunday edition of Good Morning Scotland. The programme carried the usual discussion from that week’s chosen pundits. It was unremarkable until I heard mention of a ‘wobble’ apparently by SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.…
Mrs Gould’s army
Derek Bateman makes an excellent point. Really, it shouldn’t surprise us in the slightest if professional journalists get it wrong. They are, for the most part, concerned more with manipulating the public mood than with reading it. They don’t ask…
I smell shite!
Euan McColm is a writer whose most endearing attribute is the ease with which he can be ignored. It is an attribute that I have long exploited assiduously. But, well… you know how when you’re strolling in pretty much any…
Altered perceptions
Perhaps the most interesting thing to note from the polling on political leaders is the massive difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK (rUK) with regard to perceptions of Nicola Sturgeon and Ruth Davidson. One might reasonably suppose…
May and the Mainstream Misreporting
Will Theresa May reject the Scottish government’s request for a Section 30 order? Probably is the best guess. It’s a guess because, as yet, May hasn’t confirmed whether she will or won’t. The Prime Minister gave an interview to Robert…
The no-hopers
It is almost worth wading through Alex Massie’s woeful rehashing of threadbare Better Together/Project Fear propaganda to find this one dull glint of insight. “Last time, the burden of proof lay heavily upon the nationalists; in a second referendum Britain…
Don’t panic!
Maternity care on brink of crisis after rise in number of over-45s giving birth Is there a more over-used and misused word than ‘crisis’? We expect facile sensationalism from the British media as they conduct their campaign to undermine public…
Richard Walker says Yessers need to alter their approach to journalists
I didn’t attend the Scottish Independence Convention last Saturday [Jan 14th]. Sitting for hours in a hotel conference room listening to speeches really isn’t my bag. I did though manage to catch most of Richard Walker’s speech courtesy of Independence…