From stewartb:
There has been much ‘fun’ on twitter over the last 12 hours or so at the expense of BBC Scotland and specifically the way one of its journalists tweeted about an environmental target of the Scottish Government. Deserved ridicule is being shown for this:
Of course there is ‘fun’ to be had on what is a single, minor example but the TuSC knows only too well this is indicative of a deeper malaise within the public service broadcasting organisation – as has been evidenced time and time again.
It may be that the author of the tweet is a fair and reasonable journalist at heart but if so he needs a change of scene. To frame this performance statistic, in this way and at this time exemplifies a predilection for ‘negativity’ in reporting about Scotland and the Scottish Government. And it is reaching a level where public ridicule is perhaps the only antidote!
(The fact that on this narrow issue of tree planting, Scotland has been performing way above its neighbour to the south – that the emphasis on a ‘missed’ target fails any reasonable test of ‘perspective’ – clearly had no influence on the journalist when he decided to frame the tweet in the way he chose. Learned behaviour in BBC Scotland?)
However, before we let the journalist off too lightly (!), his ‘pinned’ tweet on Twitter seems to reveal that he is particularly concerned with journalistic standards.
Let me repeat for emphasis: “.. it doesn’t mean we shape our news agenda to tell bad news stories …” . Stop laughing at the back!
Many responses on Twitter to his framing of the ‘missed’ tree planting target helpfully offered him ways in which he could have ‘shaped’ his tweet rather differently! Do you think he has the capacity for professional self-reflection or will the prevailing corporate mindset prove too strong ?
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
As Lurcio might have said, “Twitter ye not…”
At least he got a well deserved roasting….
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He even managed to be too late to register for a question today at the briefings today and was told it was full , don’t think he believed them 🤪
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‘Those in power’.
That would be nice, to hold landowners, polluters, billionaire tax dodgers, bosses of criminal gamekeepers, conspirators against Alex Salmond, newspapers that allowed to freely allowed to print contempt of court etc. etc. Many of these powerful people also have seats at committees and organizations which give themselves more power and less control. Ever look at who sits on agencies like Scottish Natural Heritage or Natural England, landowners. The list of instruments of power which needs scrutinising is endless and none are given any real investigation by the press or BBC, why would they, they are usually the same people.
All the media do is repeat what someone else said without critique. They are spokespeople for fringe people who no right minded person would pay any attention to. They created Farage and in Scotland create mini-Farages every day.
Newspapers and the BBC, i would argue, are the most powerful forces in the UK (less so in Scotland because Scots seem to be more immune to bullshit) so start with yourselves, Mr Keane and co.
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“See ourselves as others see us”.
That’ll be BBC Scotland then. Grossly underfunded per capita, in comparison to England. It employs a very narrow minded, Unionist-oriented Scottish staff (it was said once, you had to be Labour and a Blue-nose to get in the door, now its Red Tory and Blue Nose (or Blue Tory and Red Nose)).
A whole bunch of English and Irish folk—no complaints there, but Scots don’t get the same degree of opportunity in England or Ireland, it seems.
Where are the Scots from an ethnic background?—perhaps they don’t “Follow-Follow”.
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