Why does this Herald report miss out key information?

Half the coronavirus deaths per head of population, less Norovirus closures last winter, better staffing ratios, no care home inspection failures, and coronavirus assessment centres protecting GPs – what can the Herald staff do?

How about this? Gotcha Sturgeon!

In the Guardian today:

‘The tests will also be offered to the families of key workers, and it is expected that the devolved administrations will follow suit.’

But in the Herald only this:

Currently, Scotland is prioritising tests for NHS staff and has yet to announce any expansion of testing to key workers.

Neither asked this question and perhaps I’m being stupid here but, if this testing is so important, why is it only optional? Is it just to keep voters happy? Will the results make, as the FM seemed to be asserting, little difference to the key tactic of physical separation?

10 thoughts on “Why does this Herald report miss out key information?”

  1. From the piece I read our local testing centre is running trials and is testing NHS staff by appointment.

    So Scotland has already started.

    As far as I can see testing in England is still at the promise stage.

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  2. O/T slightly.

    On 23 April, on the BBC News website, Brian Taylor, Political Editor of BBC Scotland wrote under the headline: “Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon abandons the pretence.”

    Now that is negative, an accusatory, framing if ever I saw one!

    Taylor writes: “Nicola Sturgeon has, to a large extent, abandoned the pretence. In all her remarkable pronouncements during this quite remarkable period, she has constantly stressed that she may have to change tack, that she is open to other ideas.”

    So, the headline implies – does it not – that the FM was previously ‘pretending’ about (something) associated with Coronavirus (that’s ‘bad’) and now, finally, has abandoned her reprehensible practice.

    But then at the same time Mr Taylor seems be arguing that throughout the crisis the FM has NOT been following this practice of ‘pretence’ (that’s ‘good’ is it not?), despite it being a practice typical of most politicians (he also tells us) who maintain a ‘pretence’ of certainty.

    Do you think the headline writer (working for the public service broadcaster remember) when crafting this negative ‘frame’ by juxtaposition simply, innocently failed to understand the positive assessment of the FM’s approach to the crisis that Mr Taylor seems to be delivering? Aye right!

    Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-52401278

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    1. I read the article more out of curiosity than any thing else – wanted to see how many ‘but’ they worked into it. I was pleasantly surprised by it’s more or less positive tone. Then I looked to see who had written it and was even more surprised.

      As to the mismatch between headline and content that is pretty much par for the course across most publications these days.

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  5. I’m a Care Home Deputy Manager an we have been able to refer our staff for testing and they can now self refer. There’s isn’t a problem much as the media like to portray that there is.

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  6. On all this Scotland was /million of population no of tests as follows
    9.3% more than UK
    TODAY that fig.is now -8%
    I.E a movement of 17.3 % in 13 days
    The dramatic swing started on 20/4/2020
    To put some context on this if in a election
    You had a swing from SNP to the tories
    That would be dynamite for the MSM
    WHAT the hell is going on are the dark forces of the British state up to their shennigans
    I am closely monitoring all stats re.this virus
    Norway reported only 153 no.new cases and 8 no.new deaths
    Compare this to English NHS shocking

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