From: anandprasad
Did everyone see the above?
https://twitter.com/msm_monitor/status/1227344758516912131
Check it out yourself.
You have to use google and search for ‘could a windshield keep the new forth bridge open bbc’
to get the cached original
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BqiNDw8LLyEJ:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38598155+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-b-d
if you search without the cache you come to this title
Could a windshield keep the new Forth bridge open? – BBC News
which takes you to to a totally different headline
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38598155
The old article has disappeared and in the new article there is no mention of David Climie at all nor his quote ‘Transport Scotland project director David Climie told BBC Scotland: “We expect the wind shields to almost entirely eliminate the need for closures during the frequent periods of high winds in the Forth estuary, apart from in exceptional circumstances.’
It looks like the bridge that never closes has been plucked out of thin air unless i have missed it.
Rev. Stu also has some info
https://twitter.com/RevStu/status/1227517338070736898
Pure state propaganda. But definitely ‘not a conspiracy.’ Just a masochistic club that hates Scotland?
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
I see they mention the second Severn Crossing in that article but fail to mention it has had trouble with ice.
They do remember that in a later article “The Uddevalla Bridge in Sweden and the second Severn Crossing in south-west England have had similar problems.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51473419
This is a common issue with BBC reporting. Issue a damning headline first, and follow up later with something more sensible. (not always of course)
They are so used to immediately regurgitating opposition rubbish that they fail to think before they publish.
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Good Morning Scotland was continuing the offensive this morning with an aggressive interview with the officer for AMEY, who are responsible for the bridge maintenance.
Yes, this is propaganda, and, since Mr Murdo Fraser was ready with his spiel, I suspect Conservative press office are the originators.
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You’re made of sterner stuff listening to that for us.
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By deleting the remarks by David Climie the BBC are enabling the ‘never have to close as a result of wind’ lie by that idiot Cole-Hamilton and others.
It is a repeat of the ‘once in a generation’ lie and rather than expose it the BBC promotes it.
I call them lies because neither were given as full quotes, in context or sourced and that was to intentionally mislead.
The best i could find for that lie was
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/queensferry-crossing-will-never-close-9684733
which has the headline
Queensferry Crossing ‘will never have to close as a result of wind’ claim officials as wind-shield is fitted
with no source for that headline quote
but in text
‘Officials are “optimistic” that the £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing will never have to close as a result of wind-shielding being fitted during the project.’
‘Project officials say they are “optimistic” the 3.5-metre high transparent shields will mean the new structure will never have to close.’
‘”We’re optimistic that the new bridge will never close but we can’t guarantee that as who knows what might happen.”‘
So in Brave New World Scotland
‘Optimistic’ and ‘opportunity’ have, courtesy of BBC, become legal obligations and promises.
Meanwhile Gove and Johnson etc. get away with lying every time they exhale and outgoing Hall says it isn’t the BBC’s job to point out lies.
So far down the rabbit hole now, i oten wonder if i’m dreaming.
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Meanwhile all the braw Scottish wind is keeping the windfarms turning away. STV News are carrying an interesting item on the Community payments from the various Community sustainable energy projects in Scotland having passed the £20M payments (in 12 months) milestone. Not just producing sustainable energy but also bringing much needed community funds into locations that can find plenty of good uses for it.
(Remember – the large increase in Community green energy projects became possible due to the SNP Scottish Govt expending considerable political energy over a prolonged period to foster the necessary engineering, planning, project management and financial skills bases to enable these projects to be successfully commissioned.)
Couldn’t find the same good news story being carried on beeb Scotland pages – I wonder why not? Link and snippets below:
https://news.stv.tv/politics/green-energy-projects-pay-out-more-than-20m-in-12-months?top
Local communities have received more than £20m in payouts from green energy projects over a year in Scotland for the first time.
The payments from projects such as wind farms amounted to a total of £20,507,747 in 2019.
More than 240 renewable energy schemes are now paying out to local communities, with the cash going to schemes that help tackle fuel poverty, improve transport and improve green spaces.
Local Energy Scotland, which keeps a register of community benefits, hailed the “milestone” total, with payments topping £20m for the first time.
Chris Morris, Local Energy Scotland manager, said: “We know that community benefits make a real and transformational difference to communities and it’s great to see this landmark milestone being reached.
“The amount of benefit that these payments offer really goes to show their worth.”
Beeb Scotland do carry minimal info regarding farmed salmon producer Mowi (previously known as Marine Harvest) reporting that the commissioning phase of its large new fish feed plant, at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye, is nearing its conclusion, with production already of 23,000 tonnes. (But – you will have to search hard to find it).
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The BBC should know that it’s a once in a generation event.
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