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School violence: A classic example of seeking to stoke moral panic
stewartb I’ve only read the front page of The Herald – magnifying the picture above to read the article. I have no wish to give The Herald the benefit of my custom even tho’ a decade ago it was my newspaper of choice. It’s an appalling piece of journalism: it is rightly being called out in the blog post as a classic example of seeking to stoke moral panic. Yet another example: a pattern emerging in Scotland? (Arguably, what is being reflected in The Herald is a socially conservative push-back against fairly long standing practices and widespread support for the… Read more Continue reading School violence: A classic example of seeking to stoke moral panic
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Violence in schools: Irresponsible scare-mongering and no hard evidence whatsoever
The Herald likes to think of itself as ‘serious’ and informative. Here it is in the gutter, with its eyes still fixed in that gutter, not reporting reality for the benefit of its readers but constructing a dark alternative reality within which the vulnerable may be damaged. What evidence do they have? ONE whistleblower, unnamed, but in Glasgow’s east end. With the smallest respect, is that a representative sample? I think not. There are around 50 000 teachers in 5 000 schools in Scotland and they have one whistleblower? This is a classic moral panic where reports of actual deviance… Read more Continue reading Violence in schools: Irresponsible scare-mongering and no hard evidence whatsoever
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