Newspaper misses accuracy targets 95
Posted on
August 07, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is the front-page lead on today’s Herald.
Let’s fact-check that, shall we?
Author Archive
The ever-shifting goalposts 46
Posted on
August 07, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re back in the archives again today, because there’s still no news. (The Herald is desperately trying to whip up outrage over trains arriving 61 seconds late, and David Torrance has finally turned up at the “OMG YES MOVEMENT SPLIT” party just as the last stragglers are heading home and the hosts are going to bed.)
And we’re particularly enjoying this one, for a whole list of reasons:
Out come the freaks 282
Posted on
August 06, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
In the continuing summer absence of any sort of Scottish politics news (the Sunday papers consist of Michelle Thomson understandably taking a swipe at the SNP in the Sunday Post, the Sunday Times spluttering in impotent fury that Michelle Thomson wasn’t prosecuted, and the Sunday Herald giving a glowing write-up to idiot Tory MSP Annie Wells while savaging sections of the Yes movement yet again – this time “older white men”), we thought you might enjoy a piece from the archives.
Discovered by an alert reader, this 1976 Times article features Labour MP for Basildon Eric Moonman discussing the seemingly-imminent prospect of Scottish devolution, to which he was implacably opposed and instrumental in defeating, ultimately leading to the collapse of a Labour government and the election of Mrs Thatcher.
The Too Wee Club #4 166
Posted on
August 04, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
A series inspired by a Unionist blog insisting that “On a practical level, I do not believe for one moment that Scotland could thrive alone”, and which led to our thinking about some of the world’s other independent nations.
NO. 4 – SWITZERLAND
Switzerland has a problem, readers.
Those poor Swiss, eh?
All the way down 201
Posted on
August 03, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Today’s edition of The Times contains a textbook example of a phenomenon that we highlight regularly: how newspapers gradually unpick their own dishonest headlines to grudgingly admit a truth which is often the polar opposite of the initial claim.
Or as we more punchily tend to put it, “The Headline Is Always A Lie”.
This won’t take long.
The bad losers 322
Posted on
August 02, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The BBC’s Reporting Scotland is, in our view, directly responsible for at least 80% of Yes supporters’ belief that the UK’s state broadcaster is biased against independence. Almost all of the worst examples of unbalanced or downright dishonest coverage over the last five years come from the flagship teatime bulletin.
But last night’s edition made even the most wearily cynical jaws drop.
Let’s just take that in for a moment.
Choco ration soars again 170
Posted on
August 01, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Too Wee Club #3 207
Posted on
July 31, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
A series inspired by a Unionist blog insisting that “On a practical level, I do not believe for one moment that Scotland could thrive alone”, and which led to our thinking about some of the world’s other independent nations.
NO. 3 – LUXEMBOURG
Turning wheels 38
Posted on
July 31, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Just a quick one-week-on update: thanks to your incredible support, our fundraiser for legal action now stands at a phenomenal £14,683 including all sources. We’re well beyond the initial target of £5000, but since even a modestly-eminent QC costs slightly over £8 a minute, every extra penny helps.
Click pic to go to the Indiegogo fundraiser page, or click here to use PayPal.
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The Too Wee Club #2 204
Posted on
July 30, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
A series inspired by a Unionist blog insisting that “On a practical level, I do not believe for one moment that Scotland could thrive alone”, and which led to our thinking about some of the world’s other independent nations.
NO. 2 – ICELAND
Actually doing it 217
Posted on
July 29, 2017 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Yes movement, like almost all movements, is plagued with a small but incredibly loud faction of intolerant, destructive extremists. Alert readers will have noticed that this site has again been the victim of them this week, but we’re not alone. They’ve also gone after two print publications – The National and iScot – over their “transgressions” against the beliefs of these self-appointed arbiters of what people are allowed to think.
What those two outlets and Wings have in common is achievement.
