How media exploit Peter Murrell case to try to reshape Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy

In the Herald today this either unaware or dishonest claim, above.

Journalism students know that much of what journalist do, rather than faithfully sharing any kind of pre-existing shared reality, is collectively, sheepishly, construct an alternative reality to suit the agenda of those who fund them and upon whom they depend for their existence – paying their mortgage, their car loan, feeding their families and so on.

Regulars here will be well aware of how selective and edited ‘herd’ coverage of, for example, NHS performance, of youth violence, of drug death trends, of housing shortages, of even child poverty has made sure that many of those in Scotland benefiting from objectively better NHS performance, lower crime, more affordable housing and even those whose grandchildren have been helped out of poverty, can be duped into thinking they live in a wider crisis, as we saw in July 2024 and as we saw last week in Aberdeen South, to vote against their own interests.

Here’s how they have hidden the legacy justified by facts. Full text at: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/?s=Sturgeon