Chasing the story 328
Posted on
November 04, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘media’
Disavowed 187
Posted on
November 04, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Below is a letter from the editor of the Daily Record sent to a Wings reader yesterday (and, we presume, to many others). We thought you might find it interesting.
The cream puff 219
Posted on
October 28, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It seems the Daily Record has taken something of a sulk at our post of earlier today. This evening the paper’s editor Murray Foote issued this statement on its Facebook page in response to one of a number of readers who’d posted links to the story:
It’s a telling reaction.
Paint a vulgar picture 293
Posted on
October 27, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Owen Jones in the Guardian today:
You know where we’re going with this one, right?
A grasp of foreign affairs 74
Posted on
October 27, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
On the left the Observer yesterday, on the right the Guardian this morning.
Imagine the UK’s great newspaper of the liberal left repeatedly confusing Theresa May with Esther McVey, or Harriet Harman with Dianne Abbott. Feel the comradely love.
From our community reporter 112
Posted on
October 24, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
It’s been a very slow news day today and it’s chucking it down outside, so we found ourselves stuck for entertainment. Earlier this afternoon alert readers will have noticed us tweeting about breaking through 35,000 Twitter followers, and while we were comparing that to various other entities for our own amusement (eg it’s over 10,000 more followers than Scottish Labour, the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Lib Dems put together), we stumbled across this feature from 16 months ago.
And because – as readers of our Panelbase polling features will know – there’s nothing we like more than the occasional wallow in some stats, we got to work.
An incredible achievement 215
Posted on
October 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From today’s Media Guardian:
BBC Radio Scotland was down 2% on the year and 8.9% on the previous three months.
It’s worth taking just a few lines to examine those stats more closely.
Lord Smith And The Seven Magic Beans 212
Posted on
October 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Today’s Herald carries a report from the initial meeting of the Smith Commission on “enhanced devolution” for the Scottish Parliament. The paper quotes from what seems to be a press release issued by the Commission, in which it explains that it thinks the people of Scotland are idiotic, drooling simpletons who’ll swallow anything.
Closer than you think 130
Posted on
October 23, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Labour-friendly elements of the press made much play yesterday of an Ipsos MORI poll which showed an unusually high level of support in the UK for remaining in the EU (while ignoring one by YouGov that showed a majority in favour of leaving).
But a piece in today’s Times throws the reality into sharp relief, and illustrates why the Yes movement hasn’t simply lain down and died after losing the referendum.
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning 217
Posted on
October 22, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Scotsman’s lead story last night on the left, and the same page today:
Scottish journalism, there.
Hearing a different question 219
Posted on
October 21, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Margaret Curran on last night’s Scotland 2014:
Well, we don’t think anyone can say she didn’t give a full and comprehensive answer on the subject of Scottish Labour’s membership figures there.
A fair assessment 382
Posted on
October 17, 2014 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Mark Steel in the Independent, 16 October 2014:
Craig Murray said something quite similar recently from the other side, as it were, and at the moment we’re finding it quite tough to disagree with either of them.
