Labour councillor charged with domestic abuse disappears after only hours but abusive rugby player is still in the public interest apparently

After one day on the BBC Scotland website, Labour council leader, Steven McCabe has disappeared but rugby player Stuart Hogg is still there, three times (above).

Maybe STV are not protecting Labour in this obvious and shameful way?

Nope, gone without a trace but Hogg is still big and, of course, Salmond is in there.

2 thoughts on “Labour councillor charged with domestic abuse disappears after only hours but abusive rugby player is still in the public interest apparently”

  2. Another BBC ‘Blink and you miss it’ headline at the top of their Scottish pages of their website when it is considered to be too #BAD a story connected to another political party who are in opposition to the SNP.

    While many headlines concocted by the BBC and so promoted as being connected to, as in linked to a #SNPBAD story, well as articles they stay (high) up on the BBC website for days on end, sometimes with different versions of the same story via a variety of articles in the Scottish pages of their BBC website.

    For example on their Scottish Politics page the top story is still a story connected to a former FM and a former leader of the SNP , as in Alex Salmond, with the headline:

    “Police receive new sex assault complaint against Alex Salmond”

    That article has been the top story on the Scottish Politics page of their website since 3 November !

    (Even though the article states “It is unclear why the allegation has been made now” and also the fact that “It would not be possible to bring a prosecution in respect of Salmond himself as he is dead”.)

    So really why such prominence to a story on someone who recently tragically died , yet the BBC in making this their top story for what is now 2 days, are then determined that Mr Salmond shall not RIP or indeed allow his family to grieve in peace).

    Another story they currently have on their Scottish Politics page is one in relation to another former FM and leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, and it is also in reference to Alex Salmond with the headline:

    “Sturgeon stays away from Salmond condolences debate”

    That article has been on their BBC website since the 30 October 2024 !

    That’s 5 days !

    Browse their Scottish Politics pages sporadically and you will see #SNPBAD stories that have been on the pages of their BBC website for days on end.

    Plus currently they also have older articles relating to both the Tory party and the Labour party that are more positive in tone, for example:

    “Scottish Tories needed a new message – has Findlay found it”? (on website since 28 October).

    “What do the Tory leadership candidates offer Scotland”? (on website since 31 October).

    “Scotland to receive extra £3.4bn from UK Budget, says chancellor” (on website since 30 October).

    So I do not see why the Labour Councillor story was removed so quickly as one of the top headlines, since it as a story, is more recent as released news and it also relates to a politician from a party who currently are the UK government.

    However for the BBC , it is obviously yet again for them, the wrong party to have a negative noted against on their website.

    (That is, for it as an article, is not allowed to be too long in any prominent position on their website) .

    So it is then removed , as an article, from the top part of their Scottish Politics page (and so is then consigned to the section at the bottom of their Scottish Politics page that relates to “Latest updates”- then soon to be gone completely from their website).

    Rinse and repeat exercise from them innit !

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