A feat of memory 181
Posted on
December 01, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is the lead Politics story in morning’s Herald:
And, y’know, we’re fairly confident that’s true.
Archive for the ‘media’
Cringe Of The St Andrew’s Day 163
Posted on
November 30, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Chris Deerin in this morning’s Daily Mail:
That’s okay, Chris. We’re embarrassed that you’re Scottish too.
The monstrous detriment of women 265
Posted on
November 29, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We were considering having a day off today, readers. There’s absolutely nothing of any note happening in Scottish politics, and the papers have been reduced to scraping up all manner of barely-reheated leftover dregs to fill their pages.
But then someone drew our attention to something in Scotland On Sunday about the ongoing Women For Independence fiasco, and we were too annoyed to let it lie.
The go-to guy 221
Posted on
November 27, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
For reasons which defy all known science, John McTernan remains the first number on the BBC’s speed-dial list when they need a commentator to represent Labour views. It’s a remarkable editorial decision, given that McTernan despises the party’s current leadership almost beyond words, and it doesn’t seem too fond of him either.
But on today’s Good Morning Scotland, McTernan really kicked it up a notch.
Daily Record Maths For Beginners 364
Posted on
November 25, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We tweeted this yesterday:
Increasingly, the line between satire of the Scottish media and reality is non-existent.
The missing story 247
Posted on
November 23, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Daily Record has this on its front page today.
And that’s fine. The tale of a five-figure sum of money which might (or might not) have gone missing from the accounts of Women For Independence, who’ve promptly called the police to investigate an apparent discrepancy between their donated income and their expenditure, is entirely legitimate news.
But we couldn’t help wondering something.
Then and now, part 99 190
Posted on
November 23, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
A small revision of history 184
Posted on
November 21, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
This is John Humphreys on the Today programme on Radio 4 earlier this week:
(Today, BBC Radio 4, 18 November 2015)
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And there’s only one small thing wrong with that.
If only someone had said 226
Posted on
November 20, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
World Irony Championship runner-up 299
Posted on
November 17, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Of course, that particular problem is easily solved. All the SNP needs to do is decide NOT to offer an alternative, at which point one will magically be created out of thin air.
Dead air 132
Posted on
November 15, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
A few weeks ago, we were told by a source that BBC Scotland’s flagship weeknight current-affairs show Scotland 2015 was recording some truly shocking viewing figures, in the region of 5,000 people a night. When we sent the BBC an FOI request for the stats, it was rejected, like almost all FOIs to the Corporation are.
We also looked into trying to get the data from BARB, but they weren’t very helpful either. So the only option we had left to get any sort of idea at all was to ask in our latest Panelbase poll.
When the results came in, we understood why the BBC wanted it kept quiet.
From man to pig and pig to man 630
Posted on
November 10, 2015 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Below is an article taken from the UK media today about the Scotland Bill.
Give it a read through, and pay attention. There’ll be a very short quiz at the end.
