Comments on: Ex-Scotsman editor on demise of Scottish papers

By: emily roselle

emily roselle — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:26:04 +0000

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By: Ed M

Ed M — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:31:32 +0000

What do we expect when foreigners control our media?”

That is only part of the problem, Drew.

The papers editorial staff(mostly Scots) are, you will notice, responsible for daily dishing up of unionist biased crap, which consist of non-stories, ANYTHING to dish up the dirt on the SNP, to the exclusion of ANYTHING Scots which shows the country up in a more positive light.

I, for one, had my fill of this daily crap and have no intention of reading this stuff from the “papers” mentioned-No, I will continue to get the REAL news from reading English papers and scrutinising UK “Blogs” to find out what is REALLY going on here!

Life is too short and precious to waste time buying these “Scots” papers, as it only raises my blood pressure to read the drivel within their pages!

By: R MacLeod

R MacLeod — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:53:07 +0000

Perhaps if these newspapers reflected the views of the populace instead of the narrow political views of their PLC board the rot could be stopped .
however they continue to try and spoon feed Scots the Union line you are too stupid , too weak etc.
Smell the coffee or face obliteration

By: Drew Murray

Drew Murray — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:55:45 +0000

What do we expect when foreigners control our media? The people who own these papers are only interested in money not in the welfare of the nation, or even the tradition of journalistic excellence, and integrity that the Herald once exemplified. Now, sad to say, I have no doubt that they have a source of revenue, off the books, that pays them to spin for Westmin.

By: Juan Kerr

Juan Kerr — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:58:39 +0000

The Hootsmon in particular has whored itself out to poor quality google journalism and agenda based reporting.

By: Shaun Milne

Shaun Milne — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:27:01 +0000

Two papers rich in heritage vandalised almost now beyond the point of repair by constant chipping away at the very core of what once made them great – the content, the lifeblood of a paper.
With some modern thinking, new approaches to the way information is gathered and delivered, some good old fashioned TLC, and some vision, someone could revive at least the Herald, although the Scotsman may need something far more radical.
At a time when politics, sport and commerce are more in vogue than ever, it is almost tragic that there isn’t a quality paper to speak of without being forced to screw up your face and wish for better.
Time is running out.

By: Craig McGill

Craig McGill — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:54:25 +0000

Good reading there. I’m sceptical about what’s coming in terms of a merged Herald/Scotsman, but people are telling me at the Herald that they have plans to go online-only within six years.

The question is, six years from now, who will be reading it? And who’s going to be paying for the staff?